You know the sting of losing or not getting something you badly want. When that happens show what you are made of.

What's next for me? I don't know. So I'm in exactly the same boat as many of you.

It's a little dangerous to be a badass.

We human beings are a lot more resilient than we often realize. Resilient and perseverant.

A general truth is to have a good sense of humor. Roll with the punches of life's ups and downs. Laughing at yourself always helps.

In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.

I have an older sister who sounds, unfortunately, exactly like me, and we sound like our mother did.

The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising.

I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web.

Women are damn resilient.

You know, a dog can snap you out of any kind of bad mood that you're in faster than you can think of.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Let’s train ourselves to not hate each other. We all come from the same consciousness in the mind.

Reading after a certain (time) diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

He was feeling buoyant, flexible. He wanted to go jogging. He stood. He couldn't go jogging. He called room service and ordered a basket of breads and pastries.

Souls are gregarious in a sense, but no soul touches another, as a general rule.

Emotionally, I feel mostly out-of-depth, like I will never quite learn how to be what I should be. And that makes me feel pretty vulnerable a lot of the time.

This doctrine of transmigration or reincarnation of the soul is found among many tribes of savages

Lincoln was not great because he was born in a log cabin, but because he got out of it

I'm odd, I know,' he said. 'It's fear of myself that's made me odd.

I left Real Madrid for the same reason Di Maria did. We work hard but only others get the praise.