All through my life, I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my strength has been tested. Now my patience and endurance are being tested.

I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.

We can't be brave without fear.

When it comes to love, compassion, and other feelings of the heart, I am rich.

Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God.

My wealth is in my knowledge of self, love, and spirituality.

Now I had won the gold medal. But it didn't mean anything, because I didn't have the right color skin.

The greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most.

The critics only made me work harder.

I guess ignorance is bliss - when I do interviews people always say, "Aren't you upset that people make fun of you?" and I'm like, "Are they making fun of me?" I guess I just don't get it.

Culture is how biology responds and makes its living conditions better.

So far as I am concerned, poetry and every other art was, is, and forever will be strictly and distinctly a question of individuality.

Selfless giving is the art of living.

If you are going to forgive a person, Liz decides, it is best to do it sooner rather than later. Later, Liz knows from experience, could be sooner than you thought.

Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.

Americans don't like European movies.

In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar players.

I just want to express a generalized and endless feeling of love inside of me directed at every single person who exists or will ever exist.

I strive to be professional and to push myself always to do a better job.