It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
The surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others
If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Nothing pains some people more than having to think.
We must either learn to live together as brothers, or we are going to die together as fools.
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice.
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.
If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
The principle of self defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi.
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the positive affirmation of peace.
The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon
The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
We must use time creatively.
Seeing is not always believing.
The time is always right to do what is right.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.