The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.

To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire

If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.

We are not what happened to us, we are what we wish to become.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

¿Por qué? ¿Acaso crees que los demonios no podemos sentir afecto? Somos seres racionales y experimentamos emociones complejas. Si los ángeles pueden matar, ¿por qué nosotrso no podemos amar?

I certainly don't understand all these strange new feelings inside me--am I here because I love him, or because I owe him?

The woman sees, I suppose, and the man does not.

If someone falls down, pick them back up. Just because there's not a frickin camera in your face doesn't mean you don't have to look out for each other.

The beginning of the decline of the Republic was the day they air-conditioned the Capitol.

After a lifetime of nods, frowns and stoic smiles, they were both fluent in emotional shorthand.

As I get older, I'm finding that I recognize certain celebrities only because they frequently grace the pages of US Weekly, but beyond that, I have no idea what they do.

I love animals, but I don't really like riding animals. Like, I don't love being on a horse - it's just not my thing.

I've never had an original thought in my lifeand there's tons of people on the internet happy to tell me just that.

When I was young I was only thinking of writing, and whatever was going on was unreal and comparatively unimportant.