You make yourself too hard, you make yourself brittle too. Crack once, crack all to pieces

Unhappy times are the best for levity. You don't light candles in the middle of the day, do you?

...the more of a fool a man is, the less he cares to look like one

Practicing dialogue helps you to cultivate a realness that allows you to face reality on its own terms, not just the terms you’d like it to have in order to remain in your comfort zone.

God’s work.My work.God can find someone else to do my work.But no one can do God’s work.So, my work is to PRAY that God will do His work through my work.

Luckily, I's learned at an early age that self-preservation was the only way to survive with your soul intact.

We are quite small in the big scheme of things.

People like being alike, joining up, and being part of something.

Once you know your deepest wish you can base your life on intention rather than craving

President Bush said that our kids must be taught how to read. He said if his aides never learned to read, they'd never be able to tell him what's in the newspapers every day.

I don't wanna abandon my identity as LL Cool J, but at the same time, I had to figure out how to let people know that I'm really serious about making these movies.

People are either charming or tedious.

Every man whose business it is to think knows that he must for part of the day create about himself a pool of silence.