To be human is to seek perfection, and find joy in never attaining it.

No matter where you're from, your dreams are valid.

What I've learned from myself is that I don't have to be anybody else. Myself is good enough.

You can't eat beauty, it doesn't sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. That kind of beauty inflamed the heart and merchants the soul.

You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things.

I realized that beauty was not a thing that I could acquire or consume, it was something that I just had to be.

What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion: for yourself and for those around you.

There is no shame in black beauty.

You have to allow for the impossible to be possible.

I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it.

I've worked hard to feel beautiful in my natural skin. Personally, I don't ever want to depend on makeup to feel beautiful.

How could you renew your mind, if you never read?

Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.

I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer

I thought I was going to stay at Google, because it was a great place to work.

When we drink coffee, our tongue gets painted. As long as it stays painted, it remains tasty!

I can forgive injuries, but never benefits.

My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.

And not out of fear or loneliness, but only to find myself again... for we have come too far my Life, to turn back now.

Im pretty lazy when it comes to creativity. I just want it to be easy and fun.

The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin.