Adversity does more than build character. It changes the way we see the world.

Faith is the ability to endure.

Rationality and calm self-determination were one of the great illusions of the universe... in the end, we were all ruled by our passions.

Falling in love is more than infatuation. It is the need to feel whole, to feel safe, to be healed, to join together with someone, heart and soul.

Albert Einstein was never clear if he believed in time travel, but had he raised a toddler, he certainly would have.

Your life can end at any time, and it can end more than once. But it can also begin more than once.

We are not strangers. It’s a lack of trust that keeps us separated.

In general men keep their internal lives–and their more complex emotions–closely guarded, because either they don't understand them or they are afraid of being betrayed by them.

Racism and inequality are likened to a fungus which grows in dark places and is all the more poisonous because one cannot see it.

We must believe we are capable of transcending evil, of not needing to hide in the darkness or surrender to our basest fears.

Racism is not simply about one man's irrational hatred of another but his self-hatred, doubting his own moral goodness and purpose.

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

Control your anger before it controls you

A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period. When there is an incompatibility between the style and a certain state of mind, it is never the style that triumphs.

All I've done all my life is disobey.

I would run through brick walls for Spurs.

Some poeple just don't have what it takes to appreciate a cookie.

The whole proletariat must be armed at once with muskets, rifles, cannon and ammunition, and the revival of the old-style citizens militia, directed against the workers, must be opposed.

Tell the truth or trump-but get the trick.

Our amour fou with 'The Sopranos' is headed for long-term parking, like so many of its most memorable characters. We'll never see a show like this again.