But youth isn't happy. Youth is sadder than age.

All change is not growth as all movement is not forward.

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.

It is human nature to overestimate the thing you've never had.

The worst thing about war is that so many people enjoy it.

The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give.

I have little faith in the theory that organized killing is the best prelude to peace.

The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.

There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.'No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.

Be who you were meant to be and not what you've allowed yourself to become, " Kate said to Mavis as she wavered over following her dream. from 'Lifesong

We are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.

A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.

If you ask me, there's nothing more incredible than a woman who's in charge of her own destiny - and working daily to make her dreams a reality.

When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name.

No human being is immune to adversity or personal setbacks.

Of course, conservatives always claim to be against judicial activism.

As far as the writing goes, I started telling stories as soon as I could talk, and started writing them down as soon as I could string words together.

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.