I'm not an anarchist. I'm not saying, "Burn it to the ground. "
It is a brave thing to have courage to be an individual; it is also, perhaps, a lonely thing. But it is better than not being an individual, which is to be nobody at all.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.
In the past some of the most influential Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologians, such as Maimonides, Aquinas and Ibn Sina, made it clear that it was very difficult to speak about God, because when we confront the ultimate, we are at the end of what words or thoughts can do.
I sensed that my life was better when I focused on things that were working as opposed to focusing on the long list that goes wrong, but I wanted to know if there was any validity to that.
You do [jazz] because you love it and hope many some others may as well. You do this because you need it.
You held out your hand, and I took it without stopping to make sense of what I was doing. For the first time in almost a century, I felt hope.