Make no mistake about it, no matter how kind, meek, humble and soft your giving heart is — you are a warrior!

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

When people hurt it is because they feel they are going to lose something. The questions to ask is: What?

Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.

I've never been Romeo who meets a girl and falls for her immediately. It's been a much slower process for me each time I've gone into a relationship.

I don't think any country can survive as a prosperous and dignified country unless there is rule of law.

What you need is a good Hoovering.

Time, designing slowly, swiftly; Time, destroying slowly, swiftly; Time holding, possessing the earth in its tender indifference.

For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things sacred.

I wanted to build businesses from the time I was little.

No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.

Led Zeppelin. Queen. Deep Purple. These were the bands I listened to. I still listen to them.