The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right.
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.
Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.
A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.
The press is a watchdog. Not an attack dog. Not a lapdog. A watchdog. Now, a watchdog can't be right all the time. He doesn't bark only when he sees or smells something that's dangerous. A good watchdog barks at things that are suspicious.
A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.
When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, 'Oh, that sound's bothering me. ' If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper, we see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there's nothing more to it. We leave it be. The sound is just sound, why should you go and grab it? You see that actually it was you who went out and disturbed the sound.
We are not on this planet to ask forgiveness of our deities.
Love bears it out even to the edge of doom.
People say you have to work on your resentments. Yeah, no, I'm gonna hang onto them and they're gonna fuel my attack.