"Twenty years ago, I wrote a book called 'It Takes a Village.' And a lot of people looked at the title and asked, 'What the heck do you mean by that?' This is what I mean. None of us can raise a family, build a business, heal a community or lift a country totally alone."

"I can always live by my pen."

"Angry people are not always wise."

"Nobody minds having what is too good for them."

"It's such a happiness when good people get together."

"To love is to burn, to be on fire."