Anything whose presence or absence makes no discernible difference is no essential part of the whole.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Those who win never give up.Those who give up never win.

True patience is grounded in wisdom & compassion.

He dipped her low and kissed her fiercely, as if he were angry, and each time his lips left hers, even just for half a second, the most parching thirst ran through her, making her cry out.

Decorating is a footnote to real life for me, a means to an end: Living well.

If there is a better singer in England than Craig David, then I am Margaret Thatcher.

Nirvana is very funny. It's not sincere particularly. It's rather frivolous, actually.

Yet where is your inner value when you no longer know what it is to breathe freely; when you no longer have freedom over your own selves

Someone reminded me I once said, 'Greed is good.' Now it seems it's legal.

An IPO is like a negotiated transaction - the seller chooses when to come public - and it's unlikely to be a time that's favourable to you.

Focus on return on equity, not earnings per share.