We are not what we think, or what we say, or how we feel. We are what we do.

Money cannot buy happiness; it can, however, rent it.

It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place.

We also need to learn the art of letting go: of the past, of unresolved grievances, of our younger selves. Nobody gets out of here alive.

Everything we are afraid to try, all our unfulfilled dreams, constitute a limitation on what we are and could become.

We are all prone to the myth of the perfect stranger

There are no maps to guide our most important searches; we must rely on hope, chance, intuition, and a willingness to be surprised.

Past behavior is the most reliable predictor of future behavior.

Our greatest strengths are our greatest weaknesses.

If the map doesn't agree with the ground, the map is wrong.

Life's two most important questions are Why? and Why not? The trick is knowing which one to ask.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Always forgive the person, who hurts you, because they are sick inside. But never forgive the person, who insults your love, because they are hell inside.

Her words are her wings. She's flying.

I realized that the story of even so small a place can never be completely told and can never be finished. It is eternal, always here and now, and going on forever.

Whether I hit .260 or .320, the bottom line here is to win.

Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manage the First Family. They are likely to do fine without your help.

One thing that I've struggled with has been a certain amount of animosity toward the whole human race.

There's a certain grace to having your heart broken.

This weird pressure that mothers are put under, like this idea that if you can't breastfeed, you're not doing something properly, or if you choose not to.

Women aren't as mere as they used to be.