I don't have a life-style, I have a life.

Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.

She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.

We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.

We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves.

I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.

We love because it's the only true adventure.

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.

Once you know who you are, you don't have to worry anymore.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

They won the war but lost the peace,

Some people in orthodox churches in Africa take poverty as a path that leads to heaven, making christianity look unattractive.

You've always been skinny, always will." I can feeleachreclusivebonepoke through, the bones of Embarrassment, Anger, Relief.I push some back in, but leaveAngersticking out.

Let me share my loving care upon those who are not my children — yet, willing to see me as their Father.

But I'm not a tough guy or a street fighter for real. I'm just an actor.

Nonsense is nonsense whether it rhymes or not, just as bad half-pennies are good for nothing whether they jingle or lie quiet.

But oh, San Francisco! It is and has everything - you wouldn't think that such a place as San Francisco could exist.

A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.

You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars.