Also, I'm angry. I know life is hard, I think everyone knows that in their hearts, but why does it have to be cruel, as well? Why does it have to bite?

If you've ever been homesick, or felt exiled from all the things and people that once defined you, you'll know how important welcoming words and friendly smiles can be.

We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why.

Like all sweet dreams, it will be brief, but brevity makes sweetness, doesn't it?

The scholar's greatest weakness: calling procrastination research.

The past is obdurate.

Sometimes a cigar is just a smoke and a coincidence is just a coincidence.

History doesn't repeat itself, but it harmonizes, and what it usually makes is the devil's music.

It is not the duration but the donation of life that matters the most.

What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act?

Despair is deadly sin, but worse, it is mortal folly.

There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible.

A smile goes a long way, but you must first start it on its journey.

Recommend to your children to be virtuous, only the virtue can bring us happiness, not the money.

Technology can also be used so that private individuals will have access to the way centralized decisions are being made.

I try to tell people to keep having hope. It's always what you don't know and don't expect that's gonna be so great.

The enemy of creativity is fear.

Going back into the negative past to find happiness is like trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear