When I get lemon juice in a cut..it hurts..but then I remember all who would die for that lemon I am quiet and take the pain for what it is... because that is what it is to live.

We are so rebellious that when we die our cells refuse to live a second longer. But our souls they live always....

Being equal does not mean being the same.

It's not easy, it's just better.

What you have to learn is how to find the unworldly in everything.

If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.

All of my life I have stayed away from violence and the instruments of violence, and have seen a legal, democratic struggle as the only means to achieve change.

Perhaps art is a quest for the perfect, or even the imperfect. Reality always falls short on both sides.

I always say my age is connected with three Cs. In here, cuore, which means the heart. Up here, cervello, which is the brain. And, of course, down here: the coglioni. I no feel my age, I tell you.

Experts say that if children can't read by the end of the fifth grade, they lose self-confidence and self-esteem, making them more likely to enter the juvenile justice system.

I was born a year after Lindbergh made his historic trip across the Atlantic. Boys like either dinosaurs or airplanes. I was very much an airplane boy.

As I teach, I project the condition of my soul onto my students, my subject, and our way of being together.