Evil is such a simplistic way to describe any character, be it Iago or Caliban, or any character from history.

Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.

A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.

Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.

A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.

Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience.

Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.

The less you try to impress, the more impressive you are.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.

The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.

Success is always the final outcome when one adopts the habit of embracing each day with a high level of enthusiasm and productivity.

I hate New Year's Eve. One more chance to remember that you haven't yet done what you wanted. And to pretend it doesn't matter.

Indian believes they ain't but two sins... bein a coward... and turnin agin yer own kind.

I'm a New Yorker. Matter of fact, the more I'm in places like Texas and California, the more I know I'm a New Yorker. I have no confusions. About that.

A downtrodden class... will never be able to make an effective protest until it achieves solidarity.

First, before I'm an artist, before I'm a celebrity, I'm a human being.

The Gospel declares those who believe righteous and saved.

Once it stops being fun, we won't be able to do it anymore. People are going to know that we're not having fun, and we're going to know that we're not having fun. So at that point, it just ends.

The old fellow who was cadging drinks from me the other night at the Cafe Royal told me he had known Julian Bern's people in the old days at Rome.