Do not base your life on the judgments of others; first, because they are as likely to be mistaken as you are, and further, because you cannot know that they are telling you their true thoughts.

People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.

Freedom is the power to choose our own chains

The freedom of Mankind does not lie in the fact that can do what we want, but that we do not have to do that which we do not want.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?

Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.

I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.

No one is happy unless he respects himself.

Kissing Hugh was lovely. Glad I invented it. Can't rely on Austen for a snog, that's for sure.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.

On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag!

When I was 18, science, physics, and math were my favorite. I was a bit of a nerd - the only girl with a lot of boys at chess championships.

The prisoner falls in love with his chains.

For a desperate disease a desperate cure.

Under President Bachmann you will see gasoline come down below $2 a gallon again.

How and when to try new things and to what degree are critical... Too soon and too radical a change and you may not master anything or develop a style.

I am always joking and always clowning, giving and helping.

I already know how strong you are. You didn't have to break the furniture." —Bella Swan