I do not love strife, because I have always found that in the end each remains of the same opinion.

Happiness and unhappiness are in the heart and spirit of each one of us: If you feel unhappy, then place yourself above that and act so that your happiness does not get to be dependent on anything.

You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.

Nothing is more difficult, in my opinion, than to avoid something that fundamentally attracts you.

A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.

I sincerely want peace, not because I lack resources for war, but because I hate bloodshed.

One does not always do the best there is. One does the best one can.

it is better to inspire a reform than to enforce it.

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.

Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved.

There's always be a me and you.

MANAGE YOUR MOOD: Name 1 thing that surprised you today...Name 1 thing that moved you...Name 1 thing that inspired you...

how do I stop hurting the people who love me and how do I stop getting hurt by the people I love?

There had once been a time when I'd dreaded the end of summer, had prayed it would hold out for as long as possible. Now the thought of endless warmth and sun made me . . . bored. Restless.

Man's liberty ends, and it ought to end, when that liberty becomes the curse of its neighbors.

Never to be cast away are the gifts of the gods, magnificent, which they give of their own will, no man could have them for wanting them.

It is still my dream to own a little flower shop.

The only business of the historian is to relate things exactly as they are: this he can never do as long as he is afraid

I am disappointed by this controversy surrounding A Million Little Pieces because I rely on the publishers to define the category that a book falls within and also the authenticity of the work.