I believe you are one of the people that can lift the corners of the universe.

I've discovered that in order to make big changes in the world, we have to begin at home -- within ourselves

Some people say that success equals money, but frankly, I don't think success is money at all ... Success is being the best at whatever you want to do well at.

I wonder how you say goodbye to someone forever?

Fight your battles with words, not fists

You got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, and latch on to the affirmative. Don't mess with Mr. In Between.

I love to read, and I don't believe that you have to finish one book before you start another. --Mallory Pike

Because, you see, you only need one friend for a party. One is enough. Two is enough. Anything is enough.' ~pg 107; Adam on friendship

I want her back" I said "I want HIM back"~Charlie

For now, I just want things all safe and familiar. My life may not be perfect, but it is what I have known.

Maybe one thing is that you have to find the best way to write whatever works better for you.

I only fear danger where I want to fear it.

Just imagine if you took all the money you've spent on these things and traveled around the world with it, instead, or bought books and read them. Think about how much you would know about life.

The foundations of your childhood, they stay with you.

the decisive movement toward corporate capitalism began in 1895-1896.

You're all you've got.

If you can't outsmart people, outwork them.

There is no chasm in society that cannot be firmly and permanently bridged by intercession; there is no feud or dislike that cannot be healed by the same exercise of love.

Acceptance is the act of embracing what life presents to you with a good attitude.

It's a great relief for me that no one will ask me anymore: "Orhan, when will you get the Nobel Prize?"

Sometimes life's going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.