Time does not heal, but it can liberate. A race run well can never be lost.

You can be spiritual all by yourself. Everybody has a soul. But to be religious, it seems like you need other people, and then sometimes it becomes more about the people than the soul.

Porches could be cleaned with a broom in a few minutes, but the soul could not be swept. It had to be shaken. And shaking the loess from a soul took a lifetime and more strength than most people had.

There are struggles you cannot win, but a man can meet his own heart if value is found in loss. Give yourself permission to cry.

The power of our country relies on the character that comes out of each of our homes.

The world has a way of dragging down our mood.

I wonder if God hears prayers if the only time you make them is when you’re in trouble.

He knew that prejudice was a necessary part of the weak spirit of some men.

Hope was always hard to find in the darkness.

Doing without will wear on you until temptation is stronger than character, sometimes.

There is no end to the hatred in men, but there is an end to the hatred in a man. If your hatred is just, and deeds will get you to the end of it, then go and do what must be done.

The greatest joy of the oppressed people, is enjoying his freedom while, the greatest misfortune of the oppressors is to suffer for the joy of his people.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.

The beginning of change can on start from accepting the fact that there are some things about your life that you desperately need to change or improve on.

We're not going to let people die in squalor because we are Republicans.

The miracle of the appropriateness of the language of mathematics for the formulation of the laws of physics is a wonderful gift which we neither understand nor deserve.

All my movies got screwed up because of my personality.

The more we stretch the muscle called compassion and generosity, the stronger we get, the better we feel about ourselves, the more loving we become to the world around us.

My boyfriend's an idiot," I say as soon as he lurches away."A cute idiot," Ally corrects me."That's like saying 'a cute mutant.' Doesn't exist.

Every setback might be the very thing that makes you carry on and fight all the harder and become much better.

Anyone that hates on you is always below you, because they're just jealous of what you have.