If you emit positive energy, even people who don't like you will not be negative when around you.

I outwitted those that deliberately suppressed me not by retaliating, but by minding my own business, continuing the self-discovery journey and reinventing myself.

I wonder what will happen when you actually enjoy the pains that life gives us sometimes. You'll be above them.

Personally, I think it is better for me to love myself and enjoy being me, than to please someone else by pretending to be someone I'm not.

Judging a person's maturity by the number of years they've lived is misleading. This is because people mature at different rates.

It is not the time that a person has lived that determines maturity, but what he does during that time.

A single word spoken at an appropriate time can make someone feel loved, comforted or happier.

By worrying about what will happen next year or the year after, you are using up today's time to do so.

A peaceful mind is a powerful mind...Set your mind at ease and take charge of yourself.

Action gives a decision power and finality.

Take one more step because it might be the last one needed.

He was in love with every pretty woman he saw now, their forms at a distance, their shadows on the walls.

There's no rule for better writing. It's best to make your own rules, and see what works best for you.

Do not think of all your anxieties you will only make yourself ill.

When I look at designer books I am sometimes puzzled why they don't share their inspiration, when it's obvious somebody had such great inspiration.

We're rapidly entering a world where everything can be monitored and measured. But the big problem is going to be the ability of humans to use, analyze and make sense of the data.

I always felt that a governor surrenders a certain amount of privacy. And I came to accept that.

The good thing about love is nobody can stop you from loving them.

Of all our studies, it is history that is best qualified to reward our research.

She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know

Patti [Smith] was my experiment, to be honest. And the film is what we got out of it. At the end of the day, I learned a lot about how to make a film.