The virtuous man contents himself with dreaming that which the wicked man does in actual life.

I was making frequent use of cocaine at that time ... I had been the first to recommend the use of cocaine, in 1885, and this recommendation had brought serious reproaches down on me.

Only a rebuke that 'has something in it' will sting, will have the power to stir our feelings, not the other sort, as we know.

I had thought about cocaine in a kind of day-dream.

Nothing that is mentally our own can ever be lost.

Our memory has no guarantees at all, and yet we bow more often than is objectively justified to the compulsion to believe what it says.

We think we are far more creative and wiser than others who are surviving and struggling. We never put us in their shoe. We always expect them to do the same.

If you don't get any motivation from your team, there is nothing wrong with those you lead but your form of leadership.

I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.

When I've seen my operas in Europe, they have always struck me as more American than when I hear them here. I can't tell you what that phenomenon is.

Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he only knew how to use it.

Meaningful stories have lots and lots of conflict. If we avoid conflict, our stories won't be meaningful.

Peace of the sort that brings wholeness, harmony, and health to our lives only happens when chaos, confusion, and conflict are included and transcended.

When women get together, they tell stories. This is how it has always been. Telling stories is our way of saying who we are, where we have come from, what we know, and where we might be headed.

Predators will look for any way to talk to children online whether through sites like Myspace, instant messaging, or even online games.

Everyone wants to feel that they matter.