A metaphor cannot be paraphrased

It's okay to love something bigger than yourself without fearing it. Anything worth loving is bigger than we are anyway.

Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you.

Why will I bury you? So that one day I might disturb your grave.

It is interesting indeed that some people think they are right to force others into believing what they believe.

Being a child sucked. Being a teenager was worse. And being an adult seemed so far away that I had a better chance at swimming the length of the ocean than growing up.

The invitation only world is a manifestation of self-realization.

If you have difficulty sleeping or are not getting enough sleep or sleep of good quality, you need to learn the basics of sleep hygiene, make appropriate changes, and possibly consult a sleep expert.

I regard Abraham as my ancestor. Some of the greatest inspiration I have got has come from what we call the Old Testament prophets and what Jews would say "our prophets."

I was relentless, even in the face of total lack of encouragement, because much more often than you'd think, sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure.

From every Englishman emanates a kind of gas, the deadly choke-damp of boredom.

To dance is human, to polka is divine.

Nobody cares if you're an idiot, as long as you're a useful one.

The last thing my mother said to me was, 'SuSu, your life is a celebration of everything that is cheap and tawdry.' I've always liked that, and I've always tried to live up to it.