...something more than the sum of its parts-

I am a man, not a movement, ” he said. “But if a movement is what it takes to end this war, then I will play my part.

Do you ever wonder why music brings a soul to surface? What makes beauty work as well as pain?

We do it, Jackson, because compassion must be louder than pride.

I’m willing to walk in darkness if it keeps humans in the light.

Every weakness is a place to slide a knife.

If Verity's sins were knives, quick and vicious, then Prosperity's were poison. Slow, insidious, but just as deadly.

It doesn’t matter what you think, what you believe or what you feel the only thing that ultimately matters is what you do.

I think in our desire to create a better America, we have to have civilized debate in this country and not just yelling.

What one hides is worth neither more nor less than what one finds. And what one hides from oneself is worth neither more nor less than what one allows others to find.

Blacks have a special history, since they were enslaved and were here as early as the first Americans. I hate to sound like a liberal but these are facts. That makes blacks a special group.

Los Angeles is a sprawl of broken dreams and lost opportunities, disconnected souls and entertainment junkies. The sunny skies and graceful palms don't redeem jammed roadways to nowhere.

My New Year's resolution is to cut my diet sodas down to two cans a day!

How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.

Here is a thing which the more it is needed the more it is rejected: and this is advice, which is unwillingly heeded by those who most need it, that is to say, by the ignorant.

People complain about their griefs and sorrows and how they pray to God but find no relief from pain. But grief itself is a gift from God. It is the symbol of His compassion.

'Don't think of it as dying,' said Death. 'Just think of it as leaving early to avoid the rush.'