When was the last time you woke up and wished you'd had just one more drink the night before?I have never regretted not drinking. Say this to yourself, and you'll get through anything.

...do you actually think that how long a person grieves is a measure of how much they loved someone?

We live someone else’s life without trying to understand and become what we are really designed to be

Attempt to be creative for the joy it brings . . . select something like music, dance, sculpture, or poetry. Being creative will help you enjoy life. It engenders a spirit of gratitude.

You can't change laws without first changing human nature... You can't change human nature without first changing the law.

Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself I am large I contain multitudes.

The way to paradise is an uphill climb whereas hell is downhill. Hence, there is a struggle to get to paradise and not to hell.

If I stop writing I am dead. And that's the only way I'll stop: dead.

There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.

We often have an exaggerated sense of what nonprofits and governments are doing to help the poor, but the really inspiring thing is how much the poor are doing to help themselves.