In violence, we forget who we are

We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story.

Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made men feel small by showing him that the earth was not the center of the universe.

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon.

Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.

For self-realization, a rebel demands a strong authority, a worthy opponent, God to his Lucifer.

We are the hero of our own story.

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

The entire Universe will conspire to satiate our desire of what we put out there... as long as that desire was created in the womb of compassion

To grow and know what one is growing towards-that is the source of all strength and confidence in life.

As part of the coalition against ISIL, we are putting that terrorist network under tremendous pressure.

The belts to me, they don't really mean much to be honest. It's the people who I fought and me going out there competing and fighting.

Find a positive lesson and positive reason for all of your personal relationships. Accentuate the blessings and knowledge gained from each.

Soon after I returned to private practice, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger called me one day.

"All conditioned things are impermanent" - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.

By helping others come unto Him, you will find that you have come unto Him yourself

All I could think about was him, and how much I wanted this, and how incredibly lucky I was to get it, and how tight I was going to hold onto it.

I mean, there's plenty of artists who are making R&B music, but because of their ethnicity, it's considered something else.