Gratitude is the appreciation of things that are not deserved, earned or demanded - those wonderful things that we take for granted.

... life isn’t a battle between us and the rest of the world, but rather a battle to overcome ourselves - our inimitable egos ...

We must walk alone, but fight together - for One cause, instead of against each other.

You are my star in the days of darkness

You have to be your own person. You can't let people's opinions determine how you think about yourself. There's a difference between identity and self-identity.

Eventually, I succeeded in everything.

A fiction writer is never entirely alone. Her characters are constantly whispering in her ear.

From day one, my mantra has been - and will continue to be - that as a government we were there to serve the people, not the other way around.

If we let Korea down, the Soviet[s] will keep right on going and swallow up one [place] after another.

Whatever, man. Scorsese thinks I’m awesome

I don't have a cell phone. I am not a Luddite.

It could appear that I'm some kind of natural genius, but it's just a million small lessons I've picked up over the years.

How could sufferings be relieved through purification? To know the Path is to get lost at the ford. Indeed, sickness comes from worldly love And poverty begins with the pursuit of greed.