The Lilith Fair thing was Bummer Town - hey, hop aboard the marginalizing train. I guess you had people come out of that and have careers, but I think there was a pretty intense backlash, too.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

The sunflower is mine, in a way.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Charity is the cement which binds Communities to God and persons to one another . . .

If God is the center of your life, no words are necessary. Your mere presence will touch hearts.

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the spirit of God.

We should spend as much time in thanking God for his benefits as we do in asking him for them.

Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.

Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.

If you love me as you say you do, make it so that I am at peace.

You can't just be reading books all the time and leave the writting of them to others.

Jim Crow, moreover, was seen executing his world-renowned dance, in gingerbread.

Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

Happiness! Can any human being undertake to define it for another?

The good shine from afar Like the snowy Himalayas. The bad don't appear Even when near, Like arrows shot into the night.

Nothing can be further apart than true humility and servility.

If you love a person, you love him in his stark reality, and refuse to shut your eyes to his defects and errors.

The idea of the nest in the bird's mind, where does it come from?

When the good lord calls you home, the government ought not come get your home.