When we rise above our temptations and resist them, we exercise self-control. And that's when we experience true freedom and emotional health.

Our focus is our reality. What we choose to focus on becomes our world. It produces our thoughts, values, attitudes, and beliefs.

Whenever you are questioning a person's desire for something, consider what he does, not necessarily what he says.

Freedom is the crux of self-respect. It is difficult to feel good about ourselves when we are unnaturally dependent on someone or something.

True freedom is not about being able to do whatever we feel like doing; rather, it is about being able to do what we truly want to do, in spite of what we feel like doing at the moment.

The next time you make a snap judgment about a situation, take a few moments to understand an opposing viewpoint.

Sometimes people who adamantly assert an opinion or view don't even hold it themselves.

The guilty are uncomfortable with silence.

We can find reasons to dislike anyone. But it's what you focus on and appreciate in a person that cultivates a positive relationship.

Never ask advice from someone who has something at stake or something to lose from your decision. The more objective the person is the greater value you should place on the input.

Whenever you are dealing with someone or something of unknown value the first one who places a value on it establishes its worth.

America is harmless as an enemy but treacherous as a friend.

Independence is happiness.

I used to think that it was better to have too much than too little, but now I think if the too much was never supposed to be yours, you should just take what is yours and give the rest back.

I became chairman of the inmates committee. Got into a lot of trouble. Was accused of fomenting a riot. Was accused of plotting to kill the warden.

Has given me no choice but to advocate for the termination of this project.

I don't really care where movies come from as long as they're worth making.

As a poet and writer, I deeply love and I deeply hate words.

I was such a tomboy. I had absolutely no bosom, and I wore my hair really short - shaved, like a boy.

For the soundest of evolutionary reasons man appears at his best when times are worst.

I've had four children and I've done a good job and I'm happy in life.