You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion

Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them.

Life is slippery. Here, take my hand.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

I see the beauty of books and sacred-souls of every author displaced in a bookshop.

There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports.

Primarily I'm a meat man, although once in a while I toy with a few vegetables.

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

In 2010 there were a lot of folks who were still out of work. There were a lot of folks who had lost their homes or saw their home values plummet, their 401k's plummet.

I always try to avoid anything that has to do with my life.

I'm tired of giving my best and not having it be good enough.

Sometimes I have chosen to see films just by their posters.

People of our time are so formed for agitation and ostentation that goodness, moderation, equability, constancy, and such quiet and obscure qualities are no longer felt.

Without love, violence will change the world; it will change it into a more violent one.