To change the world, a country, an organization, a community, a relationship, begin with the smallest seed of change: begin with yourself. That is what this book is all about.

Now more than ever the world needs your brilliance, your voice, your unique imagination, and your particular genius.

Life is precious, and in the grand song of the universe, life is short. There is much to be done.

A peaceful feeling: A happy harmony or symphony of all of our character pieces working in powerful unison” from Cinderella In Focus

Wasn't the whole point of being an artist, or at least part of it, that you didn't have to wear a tie?

Tears are not a mark of weakness. They are Just a proof that your heart is alive.

Rocks crumble, make new forms, oceans move the continents, mountains rise up and down like ghosts yet all is natural, all is change.

Abstract propositions should never be discussed by a legislative body.

Truth and non-violence are not cloistered virtues but applicable as much in the forum and the legislatures as in the market place.

Spring is the only revolutionary whose revolution has succeeded.

We really had baseball in the family. Even that little habit I've got of chewing tobacco on the ball field sort of comes from my dad.

Same way I have my entire life. Keep my family and friends close. My Latino friends close. I visit the island [Puerto Rico] as often as I humanly can.

If you can listen well, people will say you're a good conversationalist.