The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances."— Aristotle

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 truth, as much as people acted like they wanted to hear it, was sometimes too cruel and harsh.

God is the truth.

In our external world we create and attract with our beliefs, thoughts, emotions and perceptions.

I wish I believed him. He's looking at me like he can see where I begin.

Everything flows and nothing stays.

I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks.

My sympathies have always been for working-class people.

The dog actors and the relationship they have with their trainers is one of the most beautiful things I've ever watched happen in front of me.

I'm not into this memoir craze that's been going on for 20 years now and doesn't seem to ever let up. People just indiscriminately say "memoir" now when it's a person writing about their own life.

It occurred to me that if I did not handle the crash correctly, there would be no survivors.