Being in the pulpit, was like being in the theatre; I was behind the scenes and knew how the illusion worked.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.

Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.

You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

The American idea of racial progress is measured by how fast I become white.

There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.

Success should be an ambition within the parameters of Purpose.

It's amazing how everyone has an opinion on how you should live your life.

I don't put pressure on myself. I just compete.

The idea of the Bodhisattva is the one who out of his realization of transcendence participates in the world. The imitation of Christ is joyful participation in the sorrows of the world.

I want to live, I want to give, I've been a miner for a heart of gold.

I never approach a character from a negative place.

The absolute nothingness of death is a blessing. Something to look forward to.

Eat when you're hungry. When you're not hungry, play with your food.