In the real world there is no nature vs. nurture argument, only an infinitely complex and moment-by-moment interaction between genetic and environmental effects

We may not be responsible for the world that created our minds, but we can take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.

The difference between passion and addiction is that between a divine spark and a flame that incinerates.

Not why the addiction, but why the pain.

Autonomy is impossible as long as one is driven by anything.

... While nervous tension may be a component of stress, one can be stressed without feeling tension.

You must endure willingly for the fulfillment dreams

The poorest man you can marry is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks character.

The moon was reigning over their world, glowing its full splendor to all those willing to look up.

Crying wasn't like riding a bike. Give it up, and you quickly forget how it's done.

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.

I always say to my students, if you can do anything other than writing and be happy, then you should.

I wanted to escape the unrest, to shut out the voices around me and within me, so I write.

I had dreams, but I didn't have the sense that they would necessarily work out. They seemed very far-fetched.

If you have to make an unpopular speech, give it all the sincerity you can muster; that's the only way to sweeten it.

Proverbs embody the current and practical philosophy of an age or nation.