Learning how to think in the midst of fear is a lesson that everyone needs to learn.

The truth is... you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back...it hurts.

Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.

Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.

It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.

Change, like healing, takes time.

I'm not Dauntless - I'm Divergent. I am whatever I choose to be.

Are you asking me to undress, Tris?' A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially

I'm Divergent. And I can't be controlled.

I pout my lower lip for a second, but then I grin as the pieces come together in my mind. "THAT'S why you like me!" I exclaim. "Because you're not very nice either! It makes so much more sense now.

Why is your heart racing Tris?

It is better to find your courage to make changes when you can choose to rather than being forced to. If you do not make change, change will make you.

Debates should always move in the direction of understanding.

I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action--no matter what the action is--might help you feel better.

the cosmopolitan gaze of planetary love and hospitality _is_ what constitutes being _religious_.

Sometimes I'll come up with a lick that I really love, and I'll try to put the right words to it for years. Suddenly something comes to me that works just right.

The brain does not create consciousness, but conciousness created the brain, the most complex physical form on earth, for its expression.

We change people through conversation, not through censorship.

But scientists on both sides of the iron curtain played a very significant role in maintaining the momentum of the nuclear arms race throughout the four decades of the Cold War.

I'm not a star. I don't feel I'm so great. So how can I make you feel great just because you've got my signature on a piece of paper?

Live every day with an attitude of gratitude.