He didn't know which he preferred: the Red, with its fatalistic and pious acceptance of all futures, or the Misery, acknowledging that the more you attracted notice, the worse God dealt with you.

The student asks: If my redstone necklace had every view of every veil that ever brightened, would I be wise? The master answers: If I had a thousand pieces of a priceless vase, would I be rich?

She shrugged. "Ownership is a fragile concept.

The worst kind of poison for despots: truth.

True kindness is evidence of true courage.

You can only be as confident as your repeated interpretations of your self-worth.

Good apprentices know that they are in the process of becoming masters and that as responsible artisans they must seek to improve upon the knowledge entrusted to them and go further.

My heart goes out to victims and survivors of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy and to their families. This disaster will go down in history books as one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history.

acceptance is an art that must be mastered if we want to keep our friends for the span of life that remains to us, and presently step off the stage with our self-respect intact.

I like to say that films are never finished, they're only abandoned.

All these words, words like 'evil' and 'vicious', they meant nothing to Nature. Yes, evil was a human invention.

We must not lose sight of the fundamental issue of policy which is that people who come to the country on visa status must never be abused.

I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.

HIV-positive people can lose custody of their children, lose their housing, and face intimate partner violence.