Human beings sometimes find a kind of pleasure in nursing painful emotions, in blaming themselves without reason or even against reason.

...Changelessness is decay.""A paradox. There is no decay without a change for the worse.""Changelessness is a change for the worse...

Yet weren't all human beings simply human beings no matter what name you applied to them[?]

You can not be the judge of another's wishes. If you love someone, you must believe that they know what is best for themselves.

Let your ambitions fly. Let nothing hold you back.

The social pressure from friend and acquaintance to collude, to not notice racism, can be quite powerful.

Fear invites aggression - do not show it to a predator.

There is no condition so severe that you cannot reverse it by choosing different thoughts.

I put a tremendous amount of pressure on myself. I felt like I shouldn't have to audition for anything and all that. And that energy did not serve me at all.

Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!

All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men who are always in favor of rash and extreme measures, but Texas was absolutely overrun by such men.

It's so surreal being here.

Your true nature doesn't come out. So the gods let you do what you want because free will would be compromised if they showed up at the White House saying, 'Take us to your leader.