A darkness different from Ember's, but just as frightening.

I try to remind myself that we are never promised anything, and that what control we can exert is not over the events that befall us but how we address ourselves to them.

He says I'm beautiful as a red tomato

Wouldn't it be strange, she thought, to have a blue sky? But she liked the way it looked. It would be beautiful - a blue sky.

The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger is the boss, you get unintended consequences.

A person who thought he knew everything simply didn’t understand how much there was to know.

People find a way through just about anything.

When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to. That's what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad.

What you need to learn, children, is the difference between right and wrong in every area of life. And once you learn the difference, you must always choose the right.

It would be something that another person had written down without understanding its significance; just a sentence or two that would be like a flash of light.

The main thing to do is pay attention. Pay close attention to everything, notice what no one else notices. Then you'll know what no one else knows, and that's always useful.

We do many things carelessly or unwillingly, but nothing studiously unless we are willing and apply ourselves.

Success comes more quickly to the entrepreneur that follows his instincts rather than following the progress of his competitors.

I think movies are good for getting into dream states or exploring weird alternate states of thinking.

Sometimes the most worthwhile things are right in front of our eyes. We just make them hard because we think that gives them more value.

If you keep your nose to the grindstone, you don't have any nose.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

On Teasing : Teach your teen-age daughters not to tease boys into physical desire. You might save their lives.

There is no greater anti-Semite that the Jewish one, and none hates the Jewish people more than the Jewish traitor and apostate.

South Korea's economy is still difficult. I will create a country where nobody worries about putting food on the table.

I see, sir, you are liberal in offers. You taught me first to beg, and now methinks You teach me how a beggar should be answered.