I'm not a big fan of the white lie.

There's nothing wrong with being happy somewhere, even if it's the little pond you grew up in, as long as you are in fact comfortable vs. bored.

Minimizing exposure to miserable people is nothing short of a life strategy.

Relationships are complicated, but happiness in a relationship isn't: It's just wanting exactly what you have. Wanting something else is dispiriting.

I do crosswords when I have time to kill somewhere, and am 100 percent successful on filling in the spots I get stuck on - after I close up, do something else, and then go back to it.

No matter what else comes, your courage will be your companion for life.

It's hard to send your baby off on a plane without you, though that's less reasonable, because sending him off in a car is statistically a bigger risk.

You don't want someone who can't tell the difference between having a different opinion and dismissing your opinion.

When in doubt, respond to what you witness, not what you hear secondhand.

Instead of talking at each other about the non-business-related contact, talk to each other about your concerns about marriage. Listen a lot, too.

When people get more frustrated by their indecision than by the situation that prompted it, clarity often follows.

Young women with ambitions should be very crafty and cautious, lest mayhap they be caught in the soft, silken mesh of a happy marriage, and go down to oblivion, dead to the world.

How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.

You have to deal with the fact that your life is your life.

Truth is the cry of all, but the game of few.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

Faith is a principle which hath its root deeper feeling. We believe, whether we see or not.

I love music and love a good audience and still have to make a living. Why would I quit?

Women hold up half the sky.

Gender equality must become a lived reality.

It is the time to move ahead and bring the change