We cannot live without our lives

The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.

Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution.

This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.

A liberation movement that is nonviolent sets the oppressor free as well as the oppressed.

Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people's minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide.

Our own pulse beats in every stranger's throat.

There should be no censorship of mail.

Think first of the action that is right to take, think later about coping with one's fears.

Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.

A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience.

God will open His truths and His secret to us so that we can have success

Who can know the mind of God?

Falling in love happens so suddenly that it seems, all at once, that you have always been in love.

One evening I sat Beauty on my knees – And I found her bitter – And I reviled her.

I'm a very big believer in collaboration and teamwork.

I think performers are all show-offs anyway, especially musicians. Unless you show off, you're not going to get noticed.

We have by far the most expensive health system in the world. We spend 50 percent more per person than the next most costly nation. Americans spend more on health care than housing or food

We've all of us got to meet the devil alone. Temptation is a lonely business.

I got over the loss of his desk and chair, but never the desire to produce a string of words more precious than the emeralds of Cortés.

The first ten thousand drawings are the hardest. Put another way, you have ten thousand bad drawings within and should expel them as quickly as possible.