Only you can make yourself happy or miserable regardless of your daily experiences.

There are greater things than want and lust, Nerissa, " he whispered. "I can't afford those things.

Humans have a propensity to oppose things when it is not their idea and they had no input, or simply because it was initiated by those whom they dislike.

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down these women together ought to be able to turn it right side up again.

Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the confidence of others.

What creates happiness, peace, and balance is not becoming simply powerful, but knowledgeable.

There are actresses who build themselves, and then there are actresses who are built by others. I want to build myself.

And I understand that, I testified in closed hearings over eight years because there are intelligence matters, there are sensitive matters that should not be held in a public hearing.

It is a pleasure for to sit at ease Upon the land, and safely for to see How other folks are tossed on the seas That with the blustering winds turmoiled be.

It is still beautiful to hear the heart beat but often the shadow seems more real than the body.

My parents have been dead for many years, and when your folks are gone there is nobody standing between you and eternity.