We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat so that we can know who we are. So that we can see, "Oh, that happened, and I rose. I did get knocked down flat in front of the whole world, and I rose. I didn't run away; I rose right where I'd been knocked down." That's how you get to know yourself.

Love liberates. Love - not sentimentality, not mush - but true love gives you enough courage that you can say to somebody, "Don't do that, baby." And the person will know you're not preaching but teaching.

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.

It is sad but true that sometimes we need the tragedy to help us to see how human we are and how we are more alike than we are different.

You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

Precious jewel, you glow, you shine, reflecting all the good things in the world. Just look at yourself.

Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you've got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.