Isn't it only laughter we can stay human?

All stories have a beginning, a middle and an ending, and if they're any good, the ending is a beginning.

Anger is something you should only vent in front of intimates, and friends and relations. Never be angry in front of strangers because you lose face.

You never know . . . that's what makes life interesting.

So much of 'normal, civilized' life is bull that you can't imagine... What frightens you, doesn't frighten me, what frightens me, you'd laugh at.

Guard yourself and your conscience no one else will and know that a bad decision at the right time can destroy you far more surely than any bullet!

What can I do to help thee?" he asked. "Believe there is a tomorrow.

Life and death are the same...Leave karma to karma.

How beautiful life is and how sad! How fleeting, with no past and no future, only a limitless now.

The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world - and the most dangerous.

.., by universal custom, your enemy is never more polite than when he is planning or has planned your destruction.

Without needing told, without Jacob's lead, Akando dropped to his knees and lunged into the throne room of Christ.

I had spent my whole life feeling homesick. The only difference between the two of us was that I didn't know what or where home was.

When I got near teen age, I was so happy with my friends and the African-American culture that I couldn't imagine not being part of it.

The saying goes that the gods leave a town once it is captured.

I can sit all day in a comfortable chair and watch ball games, but I don't need a blanket.

San Francisco! City of dreaming spires, people live here... Golden Gate Bridge, ahh the Romans came here.

I am even-tempered and emotionally well balanced

When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore community, to resist injustice, and to meet the needs of my brothers.

When I was old enough to change my name, I changed it to Mr. T so that the first word out of someone's mouth was 'Mister,' a sign of respect.

It will take you less time and effort to do a thing the difficult way than it will to buy, try and discard all the shortcuts.