The worst kind of poison for despots: truth.

The student asks: If my redstone necklace had every view of every veil that ever brightened, would I be wise? The master answers: If I had a thousand pieces of a priceless vase, would I be rich?

She shrugged. "Ownership is a fragile concept.

He didn't know which he preferred: the Red, with its fatalistic and pious acceptance of all futures, or the Misery, acknowledging that the more you attracted notice, the worse God dealt with you.

You do not choose what your mission is; it will come to you when you are ready!

I know there's a lot of pressure, but I'm just going to go out and play my game.

It takes a person with a mission to succeed.

The world will try to tell you that you need stuff to be somebody. Don't listen

Mary Kay knew that when you put people first and then surround them with processes and disciplines that recognize their efforts, performance will soar.

When I was four or five, my father had a general store in Winchester and I don't think the farmers could ever leave on Saturday afternoon until I had been placed up on the counter to sing.

Clarity breeds mastery.

I am on an emotional roller coaster ride to survive and to conquer obesity, not only for myself but also for everyone that battles some kind of addiction.

Who then can so softly bind up the wound of another as he who has felt the same wound himself.