In other people's company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring...

He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.

Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.

I do not love men: I love what devours them.

Allow your daily small acts of kindness to degenerate into a lifetime of human excellence.

I think there's so much about Rasta culture that's interesting. Just the idea of preaching one-ness, that we're all in this together.

Growing up, I was in love with Jennifer Aniston from Friends.

The human brain is built to compare; it's Darwinian to consider an alternative when one presents itself.

There are certain narrow, umimaginative, and autocratic old people who seem to call out the most mischievous and sometimes the worst traits in children.

A scar is a sign of strength. . .the sign of a survivor.

Of several bodies, all equally large and equally distant, that which is most brightly illuminated will appear to the eye nearest and largest.

There is so much in the world to hate, why hate yourself?

Mistaken, always second guessing, underestimated, look I'm still around.

Our government makes the simple promise of a secure retirement to every American who works for many years and contributes to our retirement benefit system.