The best people I know have had a lot of obstacles to overcome.

I cannot write music. I cannot play the piano.

I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries.

I never say a funny thing intentionally.

There is only one secret. To love what you are doing.

My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength.

Prior to and during [John] Locke's time, it was difficult to determine where religion or church left off and government or state began. The powers of both were often combined. As a result, churches frequently used the force of the state to promote and enforce their interests and doctrines. This caused horrendous atrocities against Jews and heretics, as well as the European religious wars between Catholics and Protestants of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that resulted in the deaths of millions of people.