It is an extraordinary act of courage,' said Tulas Shorn, 'to come to know a stranger's pain.

The heart of wisdom is tolerance.

Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat.

You must dismantle your sources, lest you do nothing but ape the prejudices of others

And over it all, the butterflies swarmed, like a million yellow-pettalled flowers dancing on swirling winds.

Children are dying." Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.

Your brain works with all the subtlety of a malicious child.

And in the city on all sides, the howling of the Hounds rose in an ear-shattering, soul-flailing crescendo. The Lord of Death had arrived, to walk the streets in the City of Blue Fire.

For we are all bound in stories, and as the years pile up they turn to stone, layer upon layer, building our lives.

No purer artist exists or has ever existed than a child freed to imagine.

You are very easily exasperated, my dear. If you're a leaf trembling on a wide, deep river, relax and ride the current. It's always worked for me, I assure you.

I think you should live every moment like tomorrow is your last day, but you should also plan for the future like you will be living another hundred years.

My love and anger are in deep conversation these days, teaching and learning from one another. I'm doing my best to stay open to all of it.I’m curious to see what love does with all my anger.

Be a model for the world, never a critic.

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He's already one of the greatest players to have played the game.

We could have chopped down the sycamore with this.

I also have two dogs, a Chihuahua and a Yorkshire terrier, so if they like him, that's a good sign.

Are not the worst examples of architecture to be found in private enterprise in cheap jerry-built homes?

We must be the compassion we wish to see in others!

Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats.