Two men look out the same prison bars one sees mud and the other stars.

The stronger person is not the one making the most noise but the one who can quietly direct the conversation toward defining and solving problems.

Cognitive therapy seeks to alleviate psychological stresses by correcting faulty conceptions and self-signals. By correcting erroneous beliefs we can lower excessive reactions.

You know, we all have our inner demons. I, for one - I can't speak for you, but I'm on the verge of moral collapse at any time. It can happen by the end of the show.

Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

What we don't have a right to is healthcare, housing, or handouts. We don't have those rights.

Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is.

Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead

At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture.

A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.

I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

My favorite thing is to go where I've never been.

The transitional period was tough, I won't kid you. You go from a certain family dynamic to adjusting to a completely new one. It took a few months for us all to fi nd our feet.

Life is so damned hard, so damned hard... It just hurts people and hurts people, until finally it hurts them so that they can't be hurt ever any more. That's the last and worst thing it does.

Being a Buddhist monk means never losing one's optimism in spite of all difficulties. It also means being harder on yourself than any of your teachers ever were.

Lust is the base of most physical ills, and like a tapeworm in the system, it feeds on our best energies and vitality.

I had a period in my life when I was eight or nine when I was so scared of dying that I wouldn't go out of our house for a whole year.

In the end of the film there is hope, ... There's beauty in ugliness. It's really important for us Latinos to acknowledge each other and not deny the reality, because our reality is fascinating.

Do not be afraid to get close to your opponent. The closer you are, the more you will learn.

I read novels for entertainment rather than for edification, so I tend not to read the sort of novels that are said to illuminate the human condition.