People think kindness is a soft, weak, submissive influence when in reality it is the most potent, persuasive force in existence.

When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.

I love you" means I want you to be happy.

Music is happiness with a steady pulse.

Alas, impatience is but another form of unhappiness. It is true, it is true. I have never met a happy impatient person.

Happiness is never in a rush. If you move too fast, you leave it behind.

Laugh and smile for no reason at all. Giggle grins are a magnet for happiness.

Life can seem like a gloomy wait in the thick of black shadows.And still there are those who smile at the darkness, anticipating the beauty of an eventual sunrise.

Nothing can squelch your fire except turning your back on the thing that fuels it.

The rarest, truest beauty is visible only to the heart.

The real beauty of a woman is most clearly seen in the smiles of those who interact with her.

I think, therefore a single fertilized egg cell can replicate itself into trillions of specialized and exquisitely organized cells.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

I love 'Guitar Hero,' and I think it's a part of pop culture.

Every event in our lives occurs to teach us something about ourselves.

As you kind of get over the anxiety about [science and evolution], it actually adds to your sense of awe about this amazing universe that we live in, it doesn't subtract from it at all.

This use of building blocks to generate internal models is a pervasive feature of complex adaptive systems.

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.

I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable and beautiful and afraid of nothing as though I had wings.

You decide if you're ready for something. It can come in the guise of, "Oh, I don't think I like this."

Sometimes people try to give me advice going forward, and they say, "You know, you've just got to work to be more likeable in Washington." And I laugh and say, "You know this isn't rocket science.