“We don't become geisha because we want our lives to be happy; we become geisha because we have no choice.”

“We are product of neither nature nor nurture; we are a product of choice, because there is always a space between stimulus and response. As we wisely exercise our power to choose based on principles, the space will become larger.”

“and the world we live in will be either better or worse, depending on whether we become better or worse. And that's where the power of love comes in. Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.”

“Our stories are funny because we lived them, and we survived them. The worse the incident was when it was happening, the funnier the story had become to us over the years.”

“As a people, we have the power of choice. We get to choose who we are, what we become and what we do.”

“Chosen responsibility is where the human race needs to be headed. And to do this, we choose what we want to become responsible for because it would make us feel good to do it, not because it would make us feel like a good person to do what we don't want to do.”

“We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want.”

“Mankind is becoming more ethical, but it is not happening because man has decided to become better than he was 100 years ago. It’s because we know we live in a glass house where everybody can see.”

“We don't need a minimum wage; we need a living wage. We don't have that in this country because of what they passed.”

“We have to communicate: we don't want to force, even though we have a right to establish a building, because what we want is a peaceful situation.”