Information helps you to see that you're not alone. That there's somebody in Mississippi and somebody in Tokyo who have wept, who've all longed and lost, who've all been happy. So the library helps you to see, not only that you are not alone, but that you're not really any different from everyone else.

As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.

The question is not how to survive, but how to thrive with passion, compassion, humor and style.

Growing up, I decided, a long time ago, I wouldn't accept any manmade differences between human beings, differences made at somebody else's insistence or someone else's whim or convenience.

Nobody can enjoy unless we all enjoy, truly enjoy.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.