When we oppose oppression, we lift our hands from the collective reins that empower such oppression.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

People use words to do battle and to hurt one another terribly, tragically and even mortally.

When we want to talk, we can instead listen, and let our attentiveness to another's need to speak be our silent statement.

Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability.

We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion.

The dreamer's untamed eye sees beyond the illusions to the heart of what is real.

There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy.

Love only serves and does not calculate.

If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.

Materialism is an identity crisis.

Clouds are on top for a reason. They float so high because they refuse to carry any burden!

...if charity begins at home, empire begins in other men's homes.

It's not that I can't express myself, it's that I still feel present when I'm not expressing myself.

Learn more about yourself! Make a self-esteem collage using pictures of other people you wish you were.

God was executed by people painfully like us, in a society very similar to our own ... by a corrupt church, a timid politician, and a fickle proletariat led by professional agitators.

If I can just see the European war out I think I might feel justified in quitting the war.

The Mother of Sorrows is my confidante, my teacher, my counselor, and my powerful advocate.

Every student must be a gentleman.

I have no shortage of material or offers, it's just a case of what you select to do. But I think it's realistic that my chances of playing Romeo are now over.

Some of the most vocal critics of the way things are being done are people who have done nothing themselves, and whose only contributions to society are their complaints and moral exhibitionism.