I was too much in solitude, and consequently was obliged to be in continual burning of thought, as an only resource.

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?

For axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they are proved upon our pulses.

I must choose between despair and Energy──I choose the latter.

If I am destined to be happy with you here—how short is the longest Life—I wish to believe in immortality—I wish to live with you for ever.

The world is too brutal for me—I am glad there is such a thing as the grave—I am sure I shall never have any rest till I get there.

Life is an incredible adventure into the mysterious unknown future.

Often we concentrate on the process and forget the results.

...They are merely scars, not mortal wounds and you must use them to propel you forward.

Always wear a smile because you never know who is watching.

Despite the best of efforts, many foster children are neither reunited with their families, nor adopted.

Hillary Clinton has finished writing her book where she says her marriage couldn't be stronger, and Bill just finished his book titled 'Chicks I Nailed While Hillary was Writing Her Book.'

I seem to be a long-term relationship kinda guy.

Nauseous. Nauseated. The first means "sickening to contemplate"; the second means "sick at the stomach." Do not, therefore, say "I feel nauseous," unless you are sure you have that effect on others.

Perhaps the comparison is closer to the Chinese cook who leaves hardly any part of a duck unserved.

I urge you all today, especially today during these times of chaos and war, to love yourself without reservations and to love each other without restraint. Unless you're into leather.