Accept the fullness in life's balance, which demands that there are positive gifts along with adversity.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

When you don’t come closer to the goal and don’t make everyday steps for achieving it, we will not get the results we inwardly set out to attain

The country is in some trouble, because the media, which is supposed to provide a check and balance on government, has decided to stop doing that as a collective entity.

I'm nothing if not an optimist.

You cannot cast a vision that has not cast a spell over you.

As a child I had dealt with a lot of loss and grief. I was constantly losing my parents, losing my home, constantly moving around, living with this stranger, that stepfather, or whatever.

If associations to control burglary and murder were tolerated we should take it for granted that the members should all be burglers and murderers.

A psychology degree doesn't get you very far.

Why won't you take me, Remington?" He groans and pulls me closer. "Because I want you too much".

Nobody wanted me. I just kept writing books and learning my craft. Most writers aren't very good in the beginning.

My smile wavers as I revert to my natural state of being: nervous and weird.