The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.

Life is paradise, and we are all in paradise, but we refuse to see it.

What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.

You can be sincere and still be stupid.

I gave up caring about anything, and all the problems disappeared.

The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!

Above all, don't lie to yourself.

It is better to be unhappy and know the worst than to be happy in a fool's paradise.

Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.

Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.

If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.

The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.

learning must travel the distance from head to heart.

Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.