The funniest jokes you know aren't from comics but relatives, friends - from your life. That's the funniest stuff.

Love is man's natural endowment, but he doesn't know how to use it. He refuses to recognize the power of love because of his love of power.

If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance, because you don't have the spirit to judge someone from within, you're in trouble.

The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.

One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.

Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.

Fear and God do not occupy the same space.

I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.

When I tune into my beautiful self, I get happiness. Everything in the universe belongs to me.

I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp - just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man.

Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.

A fortress built long ago, Walls made timeless by historic glory.The small girl in the boat slows, To listen to its story.

Flip a coin. When it's in the air, you'll know which side you're hoping for.

What a sad mistake we sometimes make when we think that God only cares about Christians.

With novels, you're sitting at a desk, alone, going slightly crazy, for anywhere from six months to a year with zero feedback.

I never thought I'd get a chance to sing with Wilson Pickett but we did.

Commonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide.

You cant win if youre chasing the wrong problem.

Sometimes its necessary to embrace the magic, to find out what's real in life, and in one's own heart.

We call it your area of destiny. We urge people to build their careers at that intersection of what they're uniquely good at ... and what you love to do.

Zen is to have the heart and soul of a little child.