True 'joy' is the difference between just amusing ourselves to death and creating 'meaningful' pleasure.

Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.

You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.

A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.

I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it.

I am the me I choose to be.

You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.

I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.

I wonder why some people find it very difficult to follow God. Perhaps, they are waiting for Him to join a social network before they could start to follow Him.

Be courageous! ... I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has come out stronger and more prosperous. Be as brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.

Magical realism as a declaration in the text is usually when someone can't speak and then they must be magically reinvigorated in some way.

You do not steal from the dragon, oh, no. The dragon remembers.

Some of the days in November carry the whole memory of summer as a fire opal carries the color of moonrise.

I don't feel anything right now. I am just preparing, that's it.

All babies look like Renée Zellweger pushed against a glass window.

A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.