Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now.

To be human is to be challenged to be more divine. Not even to try to meet such a challenge is the biggest defeat imaginable.

I am not competing with anyone other than myself. I want to be excellent at whatever I do.

Every day offers you 10,000 reasons to cry, but if you can find just one reason to laugh then you will be all right.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I'm grateful that I'm heard.

I like good food. People want a certain taste, but when they're offered something else, they'll overeat. If they really are looking for chicken and someone gives them pork chops, they'll say, "I will have another." And that's because their satisfaction is not reached. So I thought I would make great food, but eat less of it. I tried it and I've taken off over 40 pounds.

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.