I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.(Popular misquote of "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.")

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.

Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.

I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready and able to come to our own defense when and wherever needed.

In an unfamiliar culture, it is wise to offer no innovations, no suggestions, or lessons. The epitome of sophistication is utter simplicity.

I learned to love my son without wanting to possess him and I learned how to teach him to teach himself.

...one can never leave home...one carries the shadows, the dreams, the dragons of home under one's skin, at the extreme corners of one's eyes...

Anyone hurts my family, I slap them down. A man does for family. That's one of the rules I got from my pa. His rules for being a man.

This summer one-third of the nation will be ill-housed ill-nourished and ill-clad. Only they call it a vacation.

God wants us to make Jesus Christ the central figure in our church--not just say that we do, but actually do it.

The offender never pardons.

I was not allowed to take notes but my friend and I memorised those two and a half pages. Most people talked to me because of the warning. They knew this book was not going to be the official line.

Most men have at least one redeeming feature. Finding one for Brother Rike requires a stretch. Is 'big' a redeeming feature?

If you can raise a family, then you can build a business.

I saw what could be done with words, for I had a vision of a new world as I talked.

My goal is to create an image that would remind you of something that you haven't seen before.

The modern majesty consists in work. What a man can do is his greatest ornament, and he always consults his dignity by doing it.