Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.

You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.

It is not power that corrupts but fear.

Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.

Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace. Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.

We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.

It is not a sacrifice, it's a choice. If you choose to do something, then you shouldn't say it's a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it

The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear

By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.

I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable.

To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.

The mind thinks upon, processes, and remembers what the senses forget.

Every child born into the world has a divine mission to fulfill.As the child grows into adulthood, he or she must act to fulfill the divine mission.

I think if I were dying and I heard of an act of injustice it would start me up to a moment's life again.

There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will.

The comic impulse is sometimes a reaction to sadness. You feel like you can make one choice or the other.

Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch just announced that he is stepping down after three years. When asked if he's looking for a new job, he was like, 'Nah, just browsing.'

I already survived one apocalypse, I don't need another.

Our family has lived in Iran for 2,500 years, and Iranian Jewry has the long history in that land.

My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.

I love to challenge myself.