Non violence is not a thing that comes easily. You have to learn how to be non-violent

When all else fails, take a vacation.

To say that on a daily basis you can make a difference, well, you can. One act of kindness a day can do it.

There is no use talking about the problem unless you talk about the solution

Nonviolence is the weapon of the strong.

I'm trying to show by my actions that you can make a far better world if you just care enough. That's all you have to do. It's no big deal. One act of kindness a day can do it.

Fear's contagious, but so is courage.

We want for our children, as we want for ourselves, our lives at home, at work and at play, to be lives of joy and peace.

In a world that we know can feed itself, upwards of 40,000 children die very day from conditions of malnutrition. Surely we must question why we are allowing this carnage to continue

Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason.

The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do.

The pain in your muscles and the sweat in your brow after doing a work the hard and honest way make you feel proud of yourself!

My heart, always so strong in the past, was like the fishnet stockings that clung to my legs—torn, shredded, and full of gaping holes.

I get a lot more confidence winning games playing defense than winning the run-and-gun game.

One can only be silent and sit peacefully when one hath arrow and bow; otherwise one prateth and quarrelleth. Let your peace be a victory!

Girls see enough of this body that we can't imitate, that we'll never be able to obtain, these unrealistic expectations...it's better to look strong and healthy...

You can waste so much energy trying to make everyone happy, but at the end of the day it's impossible to please everyone, so you just need to focus on what makes you happy.

People say you're flirting with death but really you're flirting with life.

If you want to be Mark Spitz then go for it. If you want to be Michael Phelps then you'll have to work for it. Nobody should wake up to a lower expectation of themselves.

A good many people voted for [Barack] Obama, and I'm not only talking about the black vote. A lot of people voted for Obama because of our history of racial discrimination in this country.

And as the Italian proverb says, 'Revenge is the dish which people of taste prefer to eat cold.'