The challenge is to resist circumstances. Any idiot can be happy in a happy place, but moral courage is required to be happy in a hellhole.

The folly of war is that it can have no natural end except in the extinction an entire people.

And remember: you must not overwork your body, or your soul. You must not enslave yourself, as you would not enslave any other person. You must be the custodian of your self.

I mind-melded the details trapped inside my head since it felt easier than talking, which surprised me." -- Jennifer Mills from Soul Reader by: Dianne Bright

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.

Expecting anything, living frugally in surprise.

When I got to Saturday Night Live, it was a lot like going from pre-school to Harvard, and it took a long time to figure stuff out.

If you ever tell anyone about Jonah's sexual dysfunction, I'll never play music again.

Our citizens will lose their confidence or trust in the values and principles of the international community, especially if our personal identity is denied.

I don't photograph anyone if I can't meet with them first because if I don't do that, then they're just going to the dentist and they're filled with fear. They don't know who I am.

Going to pieces. To go to pieces so pointlessly and unnecessarily.

Rising sea levels, severe draughts, the melting of the polar caps, the more frequent and devastating natural disasters all raise demand for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

We have no excuse to deviate from the paths of righteousness. If we hold fast to the iron rod, we cannot be deceived.