It is a weak man who blames his failures on the strength of others.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.

I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it

Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way.

I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

The supposedly immaterial soul, we now know, can be bisected with a knife, altered by chemicals, started or stopped by electricity, and extinguished by a sharp blow or by insufficient oxygen.

Organizing your emotions reclaims your power over any given drama. Nothing is stronger than your own mind.

The EU is not a country and it's not going to become a country, in my view, now or ever in the future. It is a group of countries working together.

I think Balanchine and Robbins talk to God and when I call, he's out to lunch.

You cannot be happy unless you are serving the truth of your being, however that service looks.

I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone.

I started skateboarding when I was 12, and I broke my leg when I was 19 so... seven years.

Reiki has become a sought-after healing art among patients and mainstream medical professionals.

The hour of reformation is always delayed; every delay gives vice another opportunity of fortifying itself by habit.

if a violin string could ache, i would be that string.