There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

The worst thing about talk ... is that there's no way to lay it to rest. Every fresh breeze brings a new speculation.

Walk in love and you will appreciate people for who they are.

To be thoroughly conversant with Man’s heart, is to take our final lesson in the iron-clasped volume of Despair

He hadn’t treated me with the love and compassion I wanted, but I was worthy of that love, and someday some boy would have it for me. I hadn’t found it yet, but I would find it soon.

He who prays for his neighbors will be heard for himself.

The fundamental precept of liberty is toleration.

I just don't think we think about jurists as rock stars or great thinkers, particularly in the political world.

I've been on shows that go for shock value

I was influenced by my children's education in Quaker schools in the Philadelphia area. I experienced a spiritual awakening and became a Christian, was baptized, and joined a church.

I think all writers are different. I've been with a few writers; they're all different.