Good moral character is not something that we can achieve on our own. We need a culture that supports the conditions under which self-love and friendship flourish.

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.

All great men endure tribulations, to achieve their goals.

You can't beat the beehive for glam punkette attitude.

It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.

Teach the student first, the music second and the piano third.

When you own nothing, it's easy to let things go.

When you're working on a script, every word that's on the page, somebody has to read it. Make every word count in your stories.

I believe very much that the most damning thing you can say about Muslims is that you're afraid to say anything because they'll hurt you.

She was so fat that her bathtub has stretch marks.

I feel good. At this point, the only thing I'm trying to do is accumulate at-bats and get my work in, and so far that's what I'm doing.

You can't have 'yes' people around you.