That which is horrifying to you don't do to anybody else.

My mother isolated herself from all family and friends for some 20 years. And never met her grandchild, my son.

Learning to endure, transform by perspective or action, and be grateful is the fast lane to a good life. That's right. Having great luck and fortune is not the conduit to a loving and enjoyable life; gratitude is.

So it is the fear, weakness, selfishness, and cowardice of onlookers that permit evil behavior to persist.

You don't go by your feelings. You do what is right.

I'm making an announcement: Not one penny will I give to AIDS anything as long as [public sex is allowed in gay bathhouses]. Not cent one. It's a preventable disease. If you don't want to prevent it, I don't want to pay for it.

People are like nations-if you help them a lot, they hate you.