There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think this is sometimes a good rule to follow in human relationships as well.

The best proof of love is trust.

Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after.

Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.

There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it.

Trust your hunches... Hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

I watched the Trade Center buildings go down from my balcony, and it was a terrifying moment. I couldn't get my mind around it at all.

When you look at your life the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.

Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.

Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?

Life will go on without you, because in the end it's not about you.

Mind being the seat of the soul, and literature being the expression of the mind, literature, it follows, is the soul of an age, the surviving and immortal part of it.

The society in 'The Handmaid's Tale' is a throwback to the early Puritans whom I studied extensively at Harvard under Perry Miller, to whom the book is dedicated.

Rodney the ghoul?...Oh, I liked him. He didn't get angry no matter how many times my mother insulted him.

So I'll put on my bob marley tape And practice what I preach Get jah lost in the reggae mon As I walk along the beach

Lord, reserve for me a crown, And do not let my shares go down.

Don't fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all

Our rejection of the occupier at heart is resistance.

Requiring valid, photographic identification is a common sense step to ensure voter integrity and sound elections.