Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel.

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.

You don't understand. You're not a wave. You're part of the ocean.

The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it.

The little things, I can obey. But the big things - how we think, what we value - those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone - or any society - determine those for you.

Although you may be old or sick, it's not too late to take stock and ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be.

In the beginning of life, when we are infants, we need others to survive. And at the end of life, we need others to survive. But here's the secret, in between, we need others as well.

Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?

It's not too late to develop new friendships or reconnect with people.

If you don’t have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don’t have much at all.

After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left.

The video was still playing, although I didn't know why. It seemed as if the able-bodied dancers were mocking me.

And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

If you think about what you ought to do for other people your character will take care of itself.

Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

As much as we don't want to hear it, book marketing is a huge part of becoming a successful author.

The only person more cynical than a drunk is a reformed drunk.

Compared with games, reality is disconnected.

It is not enough for us to be where God is worshipped, if we do not ourselves worship him.

The principal and only way to make an heirloom product is to design something that people will need not just this year, but for the next 50 or 100 years.

A portrait, to be a work of art, neither must nor may resemble the sitter... one must paint its atmosphere.