Then tell Wind and Fire where to stop," returned madame; "but don't tell me.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Writing helps maintain my sanity or else I would lose my mind.

What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing.

I'm light skinned, and I used to lean on that because that's something a lot of black people pride themselves on, and it's weird.

The biggest fatal flaw in most fictional portrayals of nanotech - what sends those books arcing across the room - is ignoring that the nanobots need energy to do... anything.

I don't think anyone is the perfect one to play me.

Sometimes you find an old tune so good you can use it several times for different purposes.

It's much easier to learn what you should do in trading than to do it. Good systems tend to violate normal human tendencies.

Live for who and what you love and never compromise your beliefs for anything or anyone.