Adolescence is a kind of slavery cleverly disguised as freedom.

The voice of reason is inaudible to irrational people.

To have meaning, our lives require both passion and purpose. A life without passion is like a furnace without fuel, and without purpose, like a ship without a rudder.

Never let the worst of you get the best of you.

Sometimes I wonder which is worse - confrontational people who are afraid of caring or caring people who are afraid of confrontation.

It is one of history's greatest ironies that, over the centuries, the pursuit of pleasure has resulted in more pain than enjoyment.

When all things are considered, happiness is a better indicator of success than success has ever been of happiness.

Even though it runs counter to popular belief, Life's critical decisions are usually made in the heart and only later ratified by the brain.

The secret of a successful relationship is avoiding the unforgivable and forgiving the unavoidable.

Throughout history, most of the wrongs of the world have resulted from people absolutely sure they were in the right.

If only people fought undeserved praise as much as they do unfair criticism.

_For what ends_ does one claim cosmopolitanism? _Whose interest_ does it serve?

While EQUALITY means no more 'previously disadvantaged' it also means that there should be no 'currently disadvantaged' to replace them.

With her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Rooney Mara gave fashion fans a new Gothic-chic muse.

Ideally I'd like to spend two evenings a week talking to Proust and another conversing with the Holy Ghost.

All was forgiven. All living things were brothers, and all dead things were even more so.

Andrea Leadsom promises to publish tax return tomorrow if she gets on ballot - it's boring.

If you want to do something very praiseworthy and very saintly, make a child happy!

Obscurity is a bigger problem for authors than piracy.

Interviewing friends is a tough one. Your duty to the interview must transcend your friendship. Occasionally you'll lose a friend.

As much pains were taken to make me idle as were ever taken to make me studious.