Wouldn't it be a helluva joke if all this were really burnt cork and you people were being tolerant for nuthin'?

Love is man's natural endowment, but he doesn't know how to use it. He refuses to recognize the power of love because of his love of power.

If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance, because you don't have the spirit to judge someone from within, you're in trouble.

The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.

One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.

Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.

Fear and God do not occupy the same space.

I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.

When I tune into my beautiful self, I get happiness. Everything in the universe belongs to me.

I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp - just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man.

Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.

One day I might feel Mean, And squinched up inside, Like a mouth sucking on a Lemon.The next day I couldFeelWhole and happyAnd right, Like an unbitten apple.

Do not rest on your laurels when you get to the top

Our lives are destined by the determination of our own principles.

You will be able to do great things when you know and truly understand that all you really have and can control is your own life. Everything else is second to that.”~ShirLee McGarry~ 06/12/2010

Raising awareness about the Deaf culture is a huge cause that I advocate. Because both of my parents are deaf, I am passionate about it in an entirely different way.

No matter what situation we find ourselves in, we can always set our compass to our highest intentions in the present moment

When you ask, did writing change my life? It totally changed my life. It gave me my life.

I understand that the legal position is under review in South Africa and that there will soon be a broader set of organizations to which donors can give and claim tax deductions.

Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.

We know that the great majority of people have a strong need for authority which it can admire, to which it can submit, and which dominates and sometimes even ill-treats it.