Almost anything can be dealt with if people are of good will and light hearts and strong values.

I don't think there is a hidden purpose to the universe that you have to puzzle out.

Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.

Sometimes history knocks at the most ordinary door to see if anyone is home. Sometimes someone is.

It's not that I'm not grateful for all this attention. It's just that fame and fortune ought to add up to more than fame and fortune.

You may never have proof of your importance but you are more important than you think. There are always those who couldn’t do without you. The rub is that you don’t always know who.

I am a fragment of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have - I can reflect light into the dark places of this world - into the black places in the hearts of men - and change somethings in some people. Perhaps others may see and do likewise. This is what I am about. This is the meaning of my life.