We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.

Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

If you can change your mind, you can change your life.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.

Real servants don't try to use God for their purposes. They let God use them for His purposes.

Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.

When we are sad...it can be comforting to cling to familiar objects, to things that don't change.

Treat your friends as you do your pictures and place them in their best light.

I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.

Either you are a good Virgo or a crazy Virgo! The good Virgo side of me is educating and raising the children - being there for them.

Both of my parents are actually music teachers.

I wouldn't have a nose job. I like my nose fine.

Young people are at risk of being disinherited from their community if that community lacks the courage and confidence to teach its history.

If there's some kind of rock star status, would I be irresponsible if I didn't somehow use it for a continued greater good? I'm always involved in some way with reaching the public.

It is true that I have known Straussians almost all my life. And the one thing I was taught about them from the earliest age is that they are wrong.