The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.

God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.

Revolutionaries don't get job security.

The world has improved mostly because unorthodox people did unorthodox things. Not surprisingly, they had the courage and daring to think they could make a difference.

Art is in the process of redefining our relationships to each other ... The creative minds are bubbling, bubbling, and I know the soup that's coming up next time is going to feed a lot more of us.

You meet all kinds of people that help put life in perspective and turn the horror into some kind of lesson or avenue of awakening that lives with you all your days.

Among whom the gods bless, high on the list are the music people, who tune into celestial vibe-brations and give mortals a taste of immortal sensations.

The divorce rate would be lower if instead of marrying for better or worse people would marry for good.

Classism and greed are making insignificant all the other kinds of isms.

That we arrived at fifty years together is due as much to luck as to love, and a talent for knowing, when we stumble, where to fall, and how to get up again.

I love the smell of my mother’s hair after she washes it.I love the feel of the scratchy stubble on my father’s face before he shaves.But I’ve never been able to tell them.

Everything does fall. It must be gravity.

Yes, I'm very normal, everything is okay, I won't become a psychiatric case.

The human species produces a certain percentage of scum. That is the way in which I have understood the world my whole life

To apply for a gifted program, children as young as 4 are required to sit through hour-long verbal exams.

Valued achievements connect to people at a deeper level—and a deeper level can change behavior that is generally very difficult to change.

Professional accountability is a good thing. Without it, excellence is merely a pipe dream and even average performance isn't a realistic expectation.

I should have done it years ago. It's amazing I didn't even want cigarettes anymore.

Art when inspired with love leads to higher realms, and that art will open for you the inner life.

Don't wait to buy land, Buy land and wait. Find out where the people are going and buy the land before they get there.