What I took out of them was that character was measured by facing up to difficult situations and that a hero was a man who would not break even under the most trying circumstances.

A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.

A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it's lowest ones

It reaffirmed my long-held belief that education was the enemy of prejudice. These were men and women of science, and science had no room for racism.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

When the women begin to take an active part in the struggle, no power on earth can stop us from achieving freedom in our lifetime.

Of course you cannot know a man completely, his character, his principles, sense of judgement, not till he’s shown his colors, run the people, making laws. Experience, there’s the test.

I loved it in the unconditional way that children love their first home.

If wealth is a magnet, poverty is a kind of repellent.

When you are young and strong...you can stay alive on your hatred"....but realized later "They can take everything from me except my mind and heart"Nelson Mandela from Long Walk to Freedom

Crime must be brought under control... Freedom without civility, freedom without the ability to live in peace, was not true freedom at all.

Enough regret can crush any man, living or dead.

To be a Pharisee is not to understand kingdom principles

I'm not afraid of aging.

I'm not crazy, i'm just sensitive

I love the idea that magic and witchcraft and battles between supernatural creatures could be raging all around us but just out of our sight.

Don't forget to support your public library.

Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality.

No one has ever made himself great by showing how small someone else is.

Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.

Education brightens a darkened world.