Look heavenward and speak the word aloud. Peace. We look at our world and speak the word aloud. Peace.

Look what you've already come through! Don't deny it. Say I'm stronger than I thought I was

Nothing hurts more than realizing they meant everything to you, but you meant nothing to them.

I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a lamp, keep a heart pump going, light a cathedral, or you can electrocute a person with it. Electricity will do all that. It makes no judgment. I think talent is like that. I believe every person is born with talent.

We must be warriors in the struggle against ignorance

In the 16th century, [Niccolò] Machiavelli - in an attempt to get back in the good graces of the powerful - wrote a slim volume called The Prince. In that book he showed the powers that be how to control the people. That book is a statement: separate and rule, divide and conquer. That's five hundred years ago and it still works, because we allow ourselves to be lead around with holes through our noses.

I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.