They indeed are fools who are satisfied with the fruits of their past effort and do not engage themselves in self-effort now.

It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.

Merely being human is morally significant.

Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness.

It's possible to do both as a writer - to engage and have a family and all that good stuff - and I chose not to for the sake of the career.

A beautiful woman seductively dressed will never catch cold no matter how low-cut her gown.

If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.

This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you're rocking

I have to live for me. I have to do what I need to do for me, and I have stopped concerning myself with what people say.

Before I tell you my story," Jasper said. "you must understand that there are places in our world, Bella, where the life span of the never-aging is measured in weeks, and not centuries.