Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure and generally create ourselves.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

The paramount terror that plagues humankind is to live a meaningless life of an exile, an incomplete person whom fails to experience the rapture of living in an astonishing manner.

It's very odd, being older, because in a way it's hard to own the past, even.

A mode of knowledge rooted in silence and intuitive insight which gives meaning to life but which cannot be explained in rational terms.

All governments are in equal measure good and evil. The best ideal is anarchy.

Christianity is not about learning how to live within the lines; Christianity is about the joy of coloring.

No, I don't harbor any mystical ideas about writing, Your Honor, it's work like any other kind of craft; the power of literature, I've always thought, lies in how willful the act of making it is.

People make a lot of effort not to remember, not to accept their immense magical potential.

I've made mistakes, and I know why I made them, but I made that choice. Nobody's ever made a choice for me.

That transparency is important. Look at what's inside products and seek out those that contain natural, plant-based ingredients - from toothpaste to cosmetics.

I think women have to change their hairstyle from time to time.