Freedom is not a license to act but a license to exercise free choices in any given situation.

Never look directly at the sun. Instead, look at the sunflower.

Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age.

Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first, must help the other.

Patience is not a virtue. It is an achievement.

Each letter of the alphabet is a steadfast loyal soldier in a great army of words, sentences, paragraphs, and stories. One letter falls, and the entire language falters.

It's easier for a rich man to ride that camel through the eye of a needle directly into the Kingdom of Heaven, than for some of us to give up our cell phone.

A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.

Withhold a smile only when the smile can hurt someone. Otherwise, let it bloom forth in a riot.

The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte.

Don't be afraid of the dark. Shine!

History never repeats itself, historians do.

Merit karma is a credit amount and demerit karma is a debit amount [owe the amount to repay]. One is free to spend his accumulated amount wherever he wants.

You cut yourself off from all sorts of experience because you tell yourself you re not 'that sort of person

I wanted two girls, " she said. "You and your sister. I wanted exactly what I had. Other people's children are too hard

Anyone who has the kind of inventive and inspired comic sensibility to be able to do that kind of work must be pretty talented.

Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it's like to change your voice up.

Creativity is the marriage humanity makes with eternity.

These are clearly the end times, and now we understand why the prophets warned us about the Trump of Doom.

It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.

What makes a strong female character is a character who has weaknesses, who has flaws, who is maybe not immediately likable, but eventually relatable.