"Now all you can do is wait. It must be hard for you, but there is a right time for everything. Like the ebb and flow of tides. No one can do anything to change them. When it is time to wait, you must wait."

"There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California."

"There’s something about California. Something that makes you believe that you can do anything. That if your mind is set you can go for whatever you want and no one can tell you otherwise. Maybe it’s because California is home to the beautiful people, the stars, the movies in a kingdom called Hollywood, whose poisonous addiction for more is disguised as artificial magic. But maybe that magic transcends into possibility where hopeless dreamers become kings and queens when the weariness of their feet are washed away by the sandy waves of Huntington Beach, when their ambitions reach higher than the Redwoods in San Francisco, or when ideals become more glamorous than the glimmering mansions in La Jolla. There’s something about California and I don’t know what it is, but for now we can say it’s safe to say that it is possibility."

"I’ve noticed something about people who make a difference in the world: They hold the unshakable conviction that individuals are extremely important, that every life matters. They get excited over one smile. They are willing to feed one stomach, educate one mind, and treat one wound. They aren’t determined to revolutionize the world all at once; they’re satisfied with small changes. Over time, though, the small changes add up. Sometimes they even transform cities and nations, and yes, the world."

"Have only love in your heart for others. The more you see the good in them, the more you will establish good in yourself."

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less."