There's all kinds of mothers, so to use the label 'mother' and to think you really understood all that a human being is because she's a mother, is a mistake.

There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving.

You have to learn how to care about people without taking on all of their problems.

If I had known being insane was so much fun, I'd have gone crazy long ago.

I am just myself, and who I am is a lot.

How is it that you profess love for God but can't accept another human being?

We are told there is not enough money for education, but somehow there is enough money for people to raise billions of dollars to defeat somebody in an election? Oh! Okay! Does that make sense?

What's in front of you is a whole world of experiences beyond your imagination. Put yourself, and your growth and development, first.

I believe the universe conspires to give you everything you desire.

The stubbornness I had as a child has been transmitted into perseverance. I can let go but I don't give up. I don't beat myself up about negative things.

Let's just say that the theater is not for the faint of heart.

Hundreds of wise men cannot make the world a heaven, but one idiot is enough to turn it into a hell.

She had storms all her life, but she died peacefully.

One doesn't stay in a state of nirvana by hiding from difficulties. You stay in nirvana by lavishing nirvana on everyone you meet, by giving it away as fast as you receive it.

Each man must have his I; it is more necessary to him than bread.

As soon as I had a guitar I loved it, and I started playing in every spare moment.

Our whole life consists of despairing of an answer and seeking an answer.

I like a drink, mate. I'll have maybe 10 or 12 pints on a good night out.

There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.... I'm the responsible officer of the Government.

Why was love so easy for some people and so hard for others?

Her hands were empty now, as empty as her heart, which itself was a coconut shell with its meat scooped out.