Never sever ties with a family member you once loved. Each of you might be on different spiritual paths, but both trails are leading you home.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.

There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.

A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman's heart.

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.

When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?

The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.

When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.

If he can't handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person's soul.

I refuse to believe that gods want to make mortals unhappy and torment them. That's what humans do. And humans are very definitely not divine.

History is the roadmap to a better tomorrow. Destroying it is getting rid of any chance of what not to do for future generations.

...yet see how elastic our stiff prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.

Make the subtle shift from pushing ourselves to be the best in the world, to allowing ourselves to be the best for the world.

My first language is Gaelic.

I'm probably more dangerous in a car than I am on a motorbike; on a bike I'm very mindful of the fact that if you make a mistake you're dead.

We need to be creative with young people. If they have no opportunities, they will get into drugs and be vulnerable to suicide.

She had eyes like strange sins.

Camp David is a wonderful place for the family to get away and run around and do goofy things.

Yes, the world is now flat for publishing as well.