"When someone is being particularly mean and nasty, I simply think to myself, he or she used to be a cute little baby, I wonder what happened?"

"If you can read, honey, you can learn just about anything you want to know. The doors of the world are open to people who can read. And"

"To do his best, one needs a confidence that says, "I can do anything, and if I can't do it, I know how to get help."

"Beware the abuse of Power. Both by those we disagree with, as well as those we may agree with"

"He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city” (RSV)."

"Before GOD,no god,after him,there will be no GOD."

"The doors of the world are open to dose who can read."

"By reading so much, my vocabulary automatically improved along with my comprehension."

"It's not what you do but that kind of job you do that makes the difference."

"There is no such thing as an average human being. If you have a normal brain, you are superior."

"One dark night the skeletons that they had carefully hidden in an obscure closet appeared, grabbed them around the throat, and strangled them."

"…the brain can process two million bits of information per second. It remembers everything you've ever seen, everything you've ever heard…"

"I came to realize that if people could make me angry they could could control me. Why should I give someone else such power over my life?"

"Being a doctor at Johns Hopkins does not make me any better in God's sight than the individual who has not had the opportunity to gain such an education but who still works hard."

"If we develop in-depth knowledge it will enable us to give our best to others and help to make a better world."

"If we make every attempt to increase out knowledge in order to use it for human good, it will make a difference in us and in our world."

"The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success."

"When we are confronted by failure and mistakes, we can leave them behind and go on with our lives."

"People are simply not willing to look at their problems honestly and admit that they have problems."

"I am convinced that knowledge is power - to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions."

"I have to come to realize that God does not want to punish us, but rather, to fulfill our lives. God created us, loves us and wants to help us to realize our potential so that we can be useful to others."

"If we would spend on education half the amount of money that we currently lavish on sports and entertainment, we could provide complete and free education for every student in this country."

"The doors of the world are opened to people who can read."

"God cares about every area of our lives, and God wants us to ask for help."