You know something is wrong when the government declares opening someone else’s mail is a felony but your internet activity is fair game for data collecting.

So it's true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.

When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith.

An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.

It is unfortunate that in most cases when the sins of the father fall on the son it is because unlike God, people refuse to forgive and forget and heap past wrongs upon innocent generations.

If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?

The simple everyday experiences become the doorway to new thoughts and inspirations.

Errors do not cease to be errors simply because they're ratified into law.

You staying home all alone on New Year's Eve? Unthinkable. Take my advice the countdown should be shared with someone, or it's just another set of numbers passing you by.

It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.

Evil influence is like a nicotine patch, you cannot help but absorb what sticks to you.

Knowledge is the physical manifestation of consciousness.

When a law isn't just, I believe it's okay to disobey it. In fact, I believe we are morally obliged to disobey it.

Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.

I think New Orleans is the best city in the United States.

I think that deep in our hearts we know that our comforts, our conveniences are at the expense of other people.

I'm happy to always be included in the list of women. I'd like to be in the sections about female leaders and male leaders. Why not?

I always thought it was a trap to fit into ideologies, and maybe that's a luxury position, but my work is a reflection of my being here. My being here is not a reflection of an idea.

How beautiful, how buoyant, and glad is morning!

That nonviolence which only an individual can use is not of much use in terms of society.

Sometimes you become a character, and sometimes the character becomes you.