You see, the deaf have an intimacy with silence. It’s there in their dreams.

Don't tell me you're not beautiful. You're the kind of beautiful the blind would see if we could figure out some way to give them three seconds of sight.

Don't let your luggage define your travels, each life unravels differently.

We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog because we see ourselves in them.

Try. The tiniest dream that you try to make happen, is worth more than the biggest dream you never attempt.

If your heart is broken, make art with the pi

getting over it/ just means getting around it/ and sometimes/ you gotta go through it/ leave it torn and blasted apart

I can't stop.

I trust God that through all life changes, He is in control.

Perspective is an incredibly powerful tool. It tempers how we receive information, and guides what we choose do with it.

According to Okonkwo, the British via its indirect rule system ensured that Africans saw their native leaders as the demons who betrayed their people. He called it a demonocracy

China has no desire to replace Western imperialism in Asia with an Oriental imperialism or isolationism of its own or anyone else.

I come from a place where you have a lot of sky. But [in New York City] you have to really look up to realize that there is eventually sky, somewhere. ...Sky is not a common commodity.

I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.

It has become cheaper to look for oil on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange than in the ground.

I don't regret it, you know. I would do it all again. Children are our hope for the future." THERE IS NO HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, said Death. "What does it contain, then?" ME.

The Constitution does not require complete separation of church and state; it affirmatively mandates accommodation, not merely tolerance, of all religions, and forbids hostility toward any.

Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves-our time and energy, our passion and commitment, and, above all, our love.