We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation.

To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.

True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.

The people united will never be defeated.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

Grant me courage to serve others; For in service there is true life.

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work.

In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of meaning and love.

You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.

A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride...When people see it they know it means dignity.

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.

Difficult roads always end up in beautiful DESTINATION.

Then it was silent. Heavy now, not the sleepy silence of before. The kind of silence that meant horrifying things.

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.

I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that.

We must not confuse distortion with innovation; distortion is useless change, art is beneficial change.

America is a remarkable place in that social attitudes change almost imperceptibly, and then you wake up the next day and they've changed. But they've been changing all the time.

May our adversities make us strong. May our victories make us wise. May our actions make us proud.

All life stinks and you must embrace that with compassion.

Self-absorption intensifies isolation, but permits it to go unnoticed.

The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.