We're all people", he said simply. "It doesn't matter if you're two, thirty-two, or ninety-two. Everyone wants to be treated with respect. Everyone wants to feel like they matter in this world.

a little modesty averts disgrace

We can bring heaven on the earth when we have compassion for all living beings.

We assume that all statements must be mild inversions of the truth, because it's too weird to imagine people who aren't casually lying, pretty much all the time.

As long as you're actively trying to achieve your goals your successes are rewards and your short comings are lessons learned

Beliefs that are good promote your potential and enhance your unique special qualities.

Yet nightly pitch my moving tent, a day's march nearer home.

And I don't think we should be continuing to propagate the idea that famous people are magical or special because it makes people feel like their lives ain't no good.

In the Bible, God uses brothel owners, pagan kings, murderers and mercenaries as instruments of good; at one point God even speaks to a guy named Balaam through his donkey.

I want to know what the difference between the essence of a man and woman is.