The fullness of life's balancing grace will demand the symmetry of recompense for all your loss and pain.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

There's no retirement for an artist, it's your way of living so there's no end to it.

God’s power is the grace of prayer.

The beauty of a face is transient, but the beauty of a heart is everlasting and magnificent.

Know this: If you are afraid of starting over, it means you have not yet begun.

The reason I still work at this stage of life is because I enjoy learning something new each day.

No one can ruin shows, but Internet trolls sure can make things miserable.

Keep yourself simple, good, pure, serious, and unassuming; the friend of justice and godliness; kindly, affectionate, and resolute in your devotion to duty.

Well, I think the worst part about tribalism is its tendency to fundamentalize, and if I can fight fundamentalism in any of its forms I'm happy.

Change is usually preceded by some kind of drift.

Examine what you believe to be impossible, and then change your beliefs.