Where perception is, there also are pain and pleasure, and where these are, there, of necessity, is desire.

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.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

Look yourself... staring into the monitor... and your time is going to be lost like that...First secondsSecond minutesThird hours

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.

I have been somebody who has not written a great deal about the truth of my family's life.

Cross Country: No half times, no time outs, no substitutions. It must be the only true sport.

I usually want to die or do nothing.

Black cat or white cat: If it can catch mice, it's a good cat

One must desire something to be alive.

My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar

Money - like health, love, happiness, and all forms of success that you want to create for yourself - is the result of living purposefully. It is not a goal unto itself.