The sick woman especially: no one surpasses her in refinements for ruling, oppressing, tyrannising.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Neither a Fortress nor a Maidenhead will hold out long after they begin to parley.

Genuine harmony must come from the heart. It cannot come from the barrel of a gun.

Barack Obama has exhibited sympathy, if not for the terrorists, then certainly for the Islamic supremacists.

What is called matriarchy is simply moral anarchy, in which the mother alone remains fixed because all the fathers are fugitive and irresponsible.

The average person is gregarious; there is something in the spirit of the crowd that adds to the enjoyment of entertainment.

You might be a redneck if you prominently display a gift you bought at Graceland.

It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be but how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way.

To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know.

My diary entries allow me to keep track of all the things I would like to change about my life.

Be gentle and forgiving with yourself, abandon any and all shame, and refuse to engage in any self-repudiation.