If we live long enough, we may even get over war. I imagine a time when somebody will mention the word war and everyone in the room will start to laugh. And what do you mean war?

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

The darkness of life cannot hide the light of kindness that shines from the heart.

When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking.

I don't care how smart a kid you are. The only way you learn what's not right is from experience.

Helped are those who forgive; their reward shall be forgetfulness of every evil done to them. It will be in their power, therefore, to envision the new Earth. -----“The Gospel According to Shug

Those who cannot be aggressive are hunted down while they shiver and hide because the night is dark.

It's hard making a woman your wife when you've been humpin married women for most of your life

If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman.

It is your work to clear away the mass of encumbering material of thoughts, so that you may bring into plain view the precious thing at the center of the mass.

Only think of two things - the report of the pistol and the tape. When you hear one, run like hell until you break the other.

I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.