Sometimes it is best to stand back from conflict and allow other elements in someone's life to do the hard work for you.

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

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.

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.

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

Some people are so addicted to their misery that they will destroy anything that gets in the way of their fix.

Your health is a long-range investment that will pay-off when you need it most.

If you are really humble you will put yourself first when you need to take care of you.

By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need.

When I first got into the entertainment industry, I would always watch Rihanna and all those people, so I was like, 'Ooh, I have to be this.' So my mom was like, 'Just be yourself.'

I'm not a figurehead for anything. I was a single mom with two kids. What else was I going to do? It was either be in a band or be a waitress.

Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.

Gross negligence in handling national security is a felony.

A man is an artist only at certain moments, by an effort of will. Objects have the same appearance for everybody.

No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot.

By peace we mean the capacity to transform conflicts with empathy, without violence, and creatively- a never-ending process

Rome is stately and impressive; Florence is all beauty and enchantment; Genoa is picturesque; Venice is a dream city; but Naples is simply -- fascinating.

There in wine is found the great generalization: all life is fermentation.

Everything in our society is so purposeful.