The way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain.

It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.

Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be

People can cry much easier than they can change.

Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.

Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.

Since your mindset can make you or break you, how is it going? Is it representing you well or does it need a complete overhaul?

I am sort of an adventurer. I like to explore new places. I don't get to travel as often as I would like but I love it.

We are so used to not having kids around [on Twilight] that we had to really make an effort to try and edit our language.

I don't need much coaxing.

It was a shame, but as Ron said, you couldn't have everything in life.

...in the habit of watching every bit of human life I can see about my windows, but I do it so that I am not observed at it.

Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.

I panic every time I put out a record. I think every artist does.

In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.

...Search for the cause may be a hopeless pursuit because most disease states are the indirect outcome of a constellation of circumstances.