Whatever it is that may be bothering you, whatever it is that may have your attention arrested, you have the power to rescue yourself.

Beyond reasonable doubt, the each of us possesses unique gifts, amazing abilities to help heal the world if we so choose.

I wasn't made with wings so I could fly away. So here I stand, fighting for a brighter day. That fight begins with me.

Yesterday is a closed door. Tomorrow is the opening of a new one. What are you doing to seize the moment?

In all of our battles, let's roar with the conquering powers of love and determination.

Programmed in self-hatred, many of us shadow-box the light of day away and chase everything meaningless the night through until we perish more ignorant and confused than the very day we were born.

Mountains are moved when we choose positivity, when we choose to exert the power of love, when we chip away at our problems 1 day at a time.

As human beings we can't stop the flow of time, but we can choose to do something constructive with the time that we have.

Two's a company three's a crowd.

Everyone has an influence on public affairs if he will take the trouble to exert it.

It's not just in Hollywood that women run the risk of being passed by once they reach 50. It happens in real life, too.

If I am not making music, I have no reason for existing.

They [in the New York Times] are really, really bad people. The largest shareholder in the Times is Carlos Slim.

The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his characters.

Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters.

Obedience completes itself in understanding.

The instant people specialize, its in their interest to dehumanize the people their specialized function operates upon.