Spirituality and the secular world are not that far apart.
Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.
There are only four kinds of people in the world - those who have been caregivers, those who are caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who will need caregivers.
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where you live.
People with mental problems are our neighbors. They are members of our congregations, members of our families; they are everywhere in this country. If we ignore their cries for help, we will be continuing to participate in the anguish from which those cries for help come. A problem of this magnitude will not go away. Because it will not go away, and because of our spiritual commitments, we are compelled to take action.
If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
Good art however 'immoral' is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.
Want to be one of a kind? Be yourself.
money. . . is only important when you have none; and though it may not be everything, it goes a very long way towards blocking up the winter draft of age.
The problem with revenge is that it never gets what it wants; it never evens the score. Fairness never comes. The chain reaction set off by every act of vengeance always takes its unhindered course. It ties both the injured and the injurer to an escalator of pain. . . Why do family feuds go on and on?. . . the reason is simple: no two people, no two families, ever weigh pain on the same scale.