Power, for the writer....lies in his ability to reveal if only a little bit more about the complexity of humanity.

It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.

Please, a definition: A hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

Education is all a matter of building bridges.

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

Power doesn't have to show off. Power is confident, self-assuring, self-starting and self-stopping, self-warming and self-justifying. When you have it, you know it.

America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description.

When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.

What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?

God is love, I said, but art's the possibility of forms, and shadows are the source of identity.

God uses nobodies that will trust Him implicitly and fully.

Only God can thwart the plans of Satan and his legions.

You must be determined to chase your dreams.

Everybody in the world wants to be understood and to have others appreciate them.Being different is scary. Solitude is pain and loneliness.

Remember, to get what you've never had, you must do what you've never done. But to get what you once had, you must do what you once did.

Sleep riches and health to be truly enjoyed must be interrupted.

Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from

With reason did the Most Holy Virgin predict that all generations would call her blessed, for all the Elect obtain eternal salvation through the means of Mary.

Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.

Love meant different things to different people.