The greatest injustices proceed from those who pursue excess, not by those who are driven by necessity.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

The energy that is necessary for us to achieve the goal is spent on meaningless anxiety

You are a living, breathing magnet, and love is your magnetic power.

If I write as well as I golf, I'm in trouble!

Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor.

Stories that are real, that create you, rather than be created by you, are powerful.

Compassion and pity are not the same: pity is looking down on someone, feeling sorry for them and offering nothing; compassion is seeing their pain and offering them understanding.

If differences can be hidden, perhaps they aren't differences at all.

I always wanted my own fragrance because I could never find the right scent for me. At home, I would always mix bottles of my favorite fragrances to create a unique and different scent.

One of my students told me that every time she learns the name of a plant, she feels as if she is meeting someone new. Giving a name to something is a way of knowing it.

Wait by the river long enough and the body of your enemy will float by you.