The media insists on taking what someone didn't mean to say as being far closer to the truth than what they did.

You normally have to be bashed about a bit by life to see the point of daffodils, sunsets and uneventful nice days.

Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.

The challenge for a human now is to be more interesting to another than his or her smartphone.

There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.

Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.

Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.

Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.

One of the better guarantors of ending up in a good relationship: an advanced capacity to be alone.

To one's enemies: "I hate myself more than you ever could.

The only people we can think of as normal are those we don't yet know very well.

To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.

Uncertainty and fear and ignorance about immigrants, about people who are different, has a history as old as our Nation.

I'm somebody that has a very big competitive edge and a chip on my shoulder.

[In art], less is more.

Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.

We must be clear. White supremacy is repulsive. This bigotry is counter to all America stands for. There can be no moral ambiguity.

If women ran the world, we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.

If we call ourselves children of God, then others are also children of God.

The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.

You must manage yourself before you can lead someone else.