If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.

The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.

Everything depends on upbringing.

Her maternal instinct told her Natasha had too much of something, and because of this she would not be happy

A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, 'Today I'm going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.

You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

It's too easy to criticize a man when he's out of favour, and to make him shoulder the blame for everybody else's mistakes.

Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.

Everything I know, I know because of love.

How can one be well...when one suffers morally?

Finding a job that is a good fit is as much about you selecting the right company as it is about them selecting the right candidate.

Cultural change works orders of magnitude faster then genetic change. Stephen Jay Gould

It may sound lame, but I've been journaling since I was in third grade. I love it! It makes me feel calm and happy.

Eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable.

Writing is so difficult that I feel that writers, having had their hell on earth, will escape all punishment hereafter.

I told him I loved him,” she said, her voice dropping to a whisper. “And he just said it wasn’t enough.” Her eyes were wide and bleak . “How am I supposed to live with that?

The minute a person whose word means a great deal dares to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.

I do think it is very important that the religious communities do try to bring their teachings and their insights to bear on the stem cell debate and on the debate about genetic engineering.

It's nice to know that what you're doing is being read and enjoyed by a good deal of people.

I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future.