Your Reverence, I do not hate any man in this world enough to inflict the results of my prayers upon him.

The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.

Poets speak of hope in ladies smiles, but give me a smirk any day, I say.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

Don't wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you're best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses. Wish to be great at whatever you are.

I'm very interested in the impact of biotechnology on the way people live.

If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.

Aim high. You may still miss the target, but at least you won't shoot your foot off.

Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same.

When you give each other everything, it becomes an even trade. Each wins all.

Adversity does teach who your real friends are.

I am a learner, my desire is to be a good listener and to have a teachable spirit in my life time.

Home is where I work, and I work everywhere.

Nature is a machine. The family is a machine. The life cycle is like a machine.

It turns out that unexplained positivity lasts longer than positivity we analyze until we fully understand it.

Never overlook wallflower at dance; may be dandelion in grass.

If you never take a chance, you will never be defeated - but you will never accomplish anything either.

Initially I started writing because I felt like I didn't fit in. I just moved to a new school and I felt quite lonely. I think that's where it all started for me.

If we could only find the courage to leave our destiny to chance, to accept the fundamental mystery of our lives, then we might be closer to the sort of happiness that comes with innocence.

It's the sum of many parts which grow to be something great.