The tribe often thinks the visionary has turned his back on them. When, in fact, the visionary has simply turned his face to the future.

A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it.

Following all the rules leaves a completed checklist. Following your heart achieves a completed you.

People who insist on dividing the world into 'Us' and 'Them' never contemplate that they may be someone else's 'Them'.

Your greatness is revealed not by the lights that shine upon you, but by the light that shines within you.

Nothing releases like forgive. Nothing renews like forget.

Patience is not passive waiting. Patience is active acceptance of the process required to attain your goals and dreams.

Our minds are information vacuums. Either we fill them with thoughts of our choosing or someone else will.

Tolerance only for those who agree with you is no tolerance at all.

Never think you can convince God through prayer for a blessing. Praying for prosperity is a wrong weapon for war. If prayer could bring money, all intercessors would be billionaires.

with the police doing all the killing, who do we call when our hero's are the villain

I loved math. I was such a nerd! I really enjoyed working through problems and finding the solution.

Many actions, like the Rhone, have two sources,--one pure, the other impure.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art.

Just me onstage with a mike having an intimate relationship with the audience. I don't get nervous for that. I just get excited.

she had given me a piece of what made her life sane.

When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.

If we want to defend the country, we have to defend against who's coming in.

Oh, no, I was afraid of that! I'd better go and hide.