To stand emotionally open before the world & give of our hearts without fear of hurt or demand of reciprocity - this is the ultimate act of human courage.

No matter how small you start, start something that matters.

Optimists are happier in life for a reason.

No matter your position, circumstances, or opportunities in life, you always have the freedom of mind to choose how you experience, interpret, and, ultimately, shape your world.

There are only two types of change: Something new comes into your life, or something new comes out of you.

The time you want the map... is before you enter the woods

Successful people take their current limitation and put it on their agenda as a job to do, as a thing to figure out and make happen.

The top experts in the world are ardent students. The day you stop learning, you're definitely not an expert.

Ask not what you are getting from the world but, rather, what you are giving to the world.

The more we are true to ourselves, the more we can connect with and contribute to the world.

Ambition has to be joined with expectancy. A sense that you have a dream for yourself that you believe can happen.

If I go to prison, will you arrange conjugal visits?

By the river of forgetfulness, I found honesty.

If you can't make a mark make a dent.

Experimentation is the key to 'lively up' the art.

I couldn't believe, I felt as if, like I said, I was going to drap deed y'knaw't a mean?

Twilight fell: The sky turned to a light, dusky purple littered with tiny silver stars.

The world of rumor and gossip is like a privileged world with which a social scientist or an anthropologist can take the temperature of popular aspirations.

Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.

To succeed inside a political party, one must cultivate an ability to sit still and remain polite while foolish people speak nonsense

Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness the mind.