What’s the point of having beliefs and values if we don't stand up for the former and live by the latter?

May our daily choices be a reflection of our deepest values, and may we use our voices to speak for those who need us most, those who have no voice, those who have no choice.

Just because we can doesn’t mean we should. Just because we always have doesn’t mean we always have to. Once we know better, we should choose better.

Don't do nothing because you can't do everything. Do something!

It's a pretty amazing to wake up every morning, knowing that every decision I make is to cause as little harm as possible. It's a pretty fantastic way to live.

We don't “crave” animal-based meat, dairy, and eggs, but we do crave fat, salt, flavor, texture, and familiarity.

One life matters - especially to the one whose life it is.

Sanctuaries are magical places - dare I say holy?

How often do we talk just to fill up the quiet space? How often do we waste our breath talking about nonsense?

Don't do nothing because you can't do everything. Do something. Anything.

We don’t “crave” animal-based meat, dairy, and eggs, but we do crave fat, salt, flavor, texture, and familiarity.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

Literature is an invitation to people to discover the world of others and the world of others is the best source to understand and to improve our own world!

[M]y discovering my own identity doesn't mean that I work it out in isolation, but that I negotiate it through dialogue, partly overt, partly internal, with others.

It seems like the chaos of this world is accelerating, but so is the beauty in the consciousness of more and more people.

Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it.

Happiness is like water. We’re always trying to grab onto it, but it’s always slipping between our fingers

Only in war are you holy, and when you are robbers and cruel.

When I would go on stage I would start to feel that the eyes that watching me weren't kind. And it took me a while to realize that those eyes were my own eyes.

I hate every human being on earth. I feel that everyone is beneath me, and I feel they should all worship me. That's what I told my kids.

There are moments of mingled sorrow and tenderness, which hallow the caresses of affection.