The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

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.

Writing is the Art, re-writing the craft.

I may be clean cut on the outside, but make no mistake." He moved even closer, close enough to see her pulse jump at the base of her neck. "I like to get very, very dirty when nobody's looking.

In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.

I need work. I still audition for work. I dont get offered things out of nowhere. I have to work hard, still, and I get a lot of rejections. It just goes on and on.

Every now and then you're going to get beaten, but we work hard.

If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.

In the life of a real writer, nothing is ever lost, no word you write is a waste of your time or energy.

I've always had a soft spot for comic books. I learned to read from them. The words in them were so interesting.

True happiness lies within you.

The only way to atone for being occasionally overdressed is to be massively overeducated.