Forgiveness. It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. You are relieved of carrying that burden of resentment. You really are lighter. You feel lighter. You just drop that.

Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence neither speed up nor slow down add to nor diminish it is an imponderably valuable gift.

Just because I am wheelchair-bound doesn't mean I don't get around.

Troubles are a blessing that force you to change, to believe.

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God - if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That's what I think.

Anger is like fire. It burns all clean.

I want to be representative of my race-the human race. I have a chance to show how kind we can be, how intelligent and generous we can be.