I believe the only thing that we really have control over is our attitude. If we focus on the positive things in our lives and learn how to cope with all the surprises, we will be happier people.

We can bring positive energy into our daily lives by smiling more, talking to strangers in line, replacing handshakes with hugs, and calling our friends just to tell them we love them.

Life passes us by if all we do is focus on the future. Being present, for the present, is really what is important.

Superstition is the belief in the causal nexus.

Mrs. Bulstrode's naïve way of conciliating piety and worldliness, the nothingness of this life and desirability of cut glass, the consciousness at once of filthy rags and the best damask...

...didn't need to waste so much time envisioning some vague horribleness awaiting me in my future.

The mosquitos were gone from the porch, and surely when they abandoned the conflict the war with Time was really done, there was nothing for it but that humans also forsake the battleground.

And so the very thing that should make Egypt strong - the richness and diversity of her culture - serves to divide her and make her weak.

If I cling to circumstances I could feel not responsible. Only she who says she did not choose, is the loser in the end.

Failure is inevitable. If you aren't taking risks, then you won't fail.

I've always been very aware of my own humanity. The limits of my humanity.

The interests of the United States are better served by demanding reform and seeing that reform takes place than by removing our influence from the U.N.

You may strive to be like them but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.