Do you mind not being so kind and obedient? It makes me nervous.

I think we ought to live happily ever after.

To love someone enough to let them go, you had to let them go forever or you did not love them that much.

That's why I love spiders. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when they read. Children you only need to tell things to once.

Happiness isn't a thing. You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things.

A heart's a heavy burden.

She was remorseless, but she lacked method.

I am a believer in free will. If my dog chooses to hate the whole human race except myself, it must be free to do so.

Only thin, weak thinkers despise fairy stories. Each one has a true, strange fact hidden in it, you know, which you can find if you look.

Being a hero means ignoring how silly you feel.

When you feel least interested in following the Way which you have entered, this may be the time when it is most appropriate for you.

Security can only be achieved through constant change through discarding old ideas that have outlived their usefulness and adapting others to current facts.

International affairs will be placed on a better footing when it is understood that there is no way of punishing a people for the crimes of its rulers.

The essence of what makes life beautiful is the fact that it can go away.

I believe that you cannot go any further than you can think. I certainly believe if you don't desire a thing, you will never get it.

I was the class clown, but I was a reluctant class clown because I was always and still am somewhat embarrassed by performing. I have terrible stage fright, and I don't like being in front of people.

It would be great to not have any injuries and just go out and play football and have fun ... But in life there are adversities, and it all just depends on how you overcome them.

[Louis Brandeis] believes in natural rights of speech and liberty and the right to pursue happiness.

The next 10 years could be the most important in the next 10,000.

I was up late last night yapping about the elections on CNN and up early this morning doing the same thing in my daughter's kindergarten class.