The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.

Fear and pain should be treated as signals not to close our eyes but to open them wider.

We must become what we wish to teach.

I am responsible for my own existence and happiness.

A mind that trusts itself is light on its feet.

Everyone who has any familiarity with psychology knows about the danger of disowning the murderer within. Far fewer people understand the tragedy of disowning the hero within.

Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

In the inner courtroom of my mind, mine is the only judgment that counts.

To persevere with the will to understand in the face of obstacles is the heroism of consciousness.

Most of us are capable of more than we believe.

Your life is important. Honor it. Fight for your highest possibilities.

Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed.

Art is nothing; it's a way.

I tend to enjoy proving people wrong.

So China's president [Hu Jintao] meets, uh - meets America's president. It's like President "Who?" meeting President "Huh?"

Capitalism is like Japanese Knotweed: nothing kills it off. If there were only two people left on the planet, one of them would find a way of making money out of the other.

To say goodbye is not to develop amnesia

Black people in America have to, for their own protection, develop a defense mechanism, and I just grew terribly tired of it.

Then assuredly the world was made, not in time, but simultaneously with time.

Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to feel about what's going on.

If there is anything in the world which I do firmly believe in, it is the universal validity of the law of causation.