We seem to have trouble with [critical thinking]. And our political system doesn't help.

You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world.

When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk.

Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.

Change is never easy, but always possible.

Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.

Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.

Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

If somebody is different from you, that's not something you criticize, that's something that you appreciate.

Money, media, and political power are very closely connected.

A winner is someone who can look in the mirror at the end of the day and say in pursuit of my goal and dreams I gave my best.

Sensitivity isn't about being wimpy. It's about being so painfully aware that a flea landing on a dog is like a sonic boom

As humans we like to laugh at our fears, we like to whistle in the dark.

Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.

Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed.

The first love affair you must consummate is the love affair with yourself. Only then are you ready for a romantic relationship.

Remember, meditation cannot be result-oriented; you simply meditate, that's all.

Okay, maybe I don't go around loving everybody I meet, maybe my smiles are hard to come by, but I do care for some people.

Criticism is easy; achievement is difficult.