Carefully analyze the old stories that you choose to perpetually tell, for these are really life-long meditations.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

Some people are so addicted to their misery that they will destroy anything that gets in the way of their fix.

Your health is a long-range investment that will pay-off when you need it most.

If you are really humble you will put yourself first when you need to take care of you.

By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need.

Every now and then, you find a book that feels like it was keyed to your DNA.

Your worst dungeon might be the room with the most windows.

Knowledge of mankind is a knowledge of their passions.

I learned what I really love is making films, not the film business. I want to be on the set, meeting with writers, I want that freedom. I love it now.

The problem of far greater importance remains to be solved. Rather than build a world in which we shall all live well, we must stop building one in which it will be impossible to live at all.

The more we reduce the amount of information in an idea, the stickier it will be.

He drew forth a phrase from his treasure and spoke it softly to himself: A day of dappled seaborne clouds.

When you're reading the news and sometimes you just think, "How bad can things get"?

The best thing there is to do when there is temptation is run.

So who do you want to be?” I smiled, resting my head against his chest. “I’m not sure yet, but I’m looking forward to finding out.