If I am destined to be happy with you here—how short is the longest Life—I wish to believe in immortality—I wish to live with you for ever.

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?

For axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they are proved upon our pulses.

I must choose between despair and Energy──I choose the latter.

The world is too brutal for me—I am glad there is such a thing as the grave—I am sure I shall never have any rest till I get there.

I was too much in solitude, and consequently was obliged to be in continual burning of thought, as an only resource.

The sooner you make a mistake and learn to live with it, the better. You're not responsible for everything. You can't control the way things end up.

If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the right decisions in the moment.

Wisdom of the Ages: "New Year" For a kid, the ultimate source of confusion. They say it's a new year, but after the break, you realize you are still in the same class, with the same lousy people.

Marriage is one salvation pathway among many, although it contains different possibilities.

The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life.

The closer a husband and wife get to God, the closer they get to each other. The farther away they get from God, the farther they get from each other.

I know lots of people that take cocaine three nights a week and get up and go to work every day, no problem. But we never hear that side of the story.

I think you have to be careful not to do too much as yourself. Otherwise you stop getting the acting roles, and at the end of the day that's what I love.

The fountain of youth with the youthful young musician is one meaning, and the fountain of youth with the youthful energy of the leader is another meaning.

Do not be fooled by one who recites the Qurân. His recitation is but speech – but look to those who act according to it.