This much then, is clear: in all our conduct it is the mean that is to be commended.

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.

Hearing those words, I instinctively turn to my new keeper, regretting it, because for only the third time in my entire existence, tears are streaming down my cheeks.

I don't remember my dreams too much. I hardly have ever gotten ideas from nighttime dreams. But I love daydreaming and dream logic and the way dreams go.

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

My favorite book is always the one I'm working on at the moment

There's always male roles I want to play. I'm so annoyed when I watch movies and go, "That could have been played by a woman."

There is a monumental difference between being alive and living. You should never settle for the first.

I think you could say every pastor is writing this book [ Max on Life]; for many it just never gets published.

I'd like to think I'm a serious legislator and trying to get things done.

The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000.

One finds life through conquering the fear of death within one's mind. Empty the mind of all forms of attachment, make a go-for-broke charge and conquer the opponent with one decisive slash.