... you can't start with a democracy. You have to work up through stuff like tyranny and monarchy first. That way people are so relived when they get to democracy that they hang on to it.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

I don't believe that the course of anyone's lifetime has ever been as unerring as that of the rising and setting sun, but I know many lives that have been just as inspiring.

He who does not know his past cannot make the best of his present and future, for it is from the past that we learn.

Sin is serious—so serious it sent Jesus Christ to the cross. Flee from [sin] and stay close to Christ.

They had discovered one could grow as hungry for light as for food.

Never ever have any doubt on yourself. You are the priceless species in this world.Don't undermine yourself by comparing with others. You are a victor!!!

I'’ve been a Hip-Hop head forever. So when it turned out that we were gonna start getting celebrity guests for every show, I wanted rap guys from the get-go.

The important thing is to know why we want to dance. We dance a solitude that we have inside us and cannot occupy with anything. This gap, that emptiness to which we put movement is the TANGO.

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

I've just found the stories of the people I'm talking to much more interesting than my reactions to them.

It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up.