We carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness.

You can't blend in when you were born to stand out.

Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.

Whenever there is a conflict between being right and being kind, if possible, choose being kind.

I wish everyday could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks.

I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.

My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.

There are always going to be jerks in the world . . . [but] there are more good people on this earth than bad people, and the good people watch out for each other and take care of each other.

One mistake does not define you.

Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.

Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.

To be inspired is great, but to inspire is an honor.

If there is a gain and loss in business, feedback control is my business.

In that hothouse atmosphere, criminal records bloomed like orchids all around us.

But I've learned now that your hard work and dedication will pay off, if you dare to be different. Because why would I want to be anything other than myself?

Our utilitarian structures will mature into architecture only when, through their fulfillment of function, they become carriers of the will of the age.

The death of dictator Kim Jong-Il has cast all eyes on North Korea, a country without literature or freedom or truth.

He who thinks a great deal is not suited to be a party man: he thinks his way through the party and out the other side too soon.

The body is just the vehicle for something else.

I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.

Fish got to swim, birds got to fly.