Marriage and family are certainly beautiful parts of life, but I believe those things can truly be appreciated only when we find, love, and respect ourselves first.

But let that not be the moral of my story. True happiness doesn't come from simply getting married. I don't believe a woman's worth should be measured by whether or not she's married.

Is your division of Understanding into Greater and Lesser common to all Sufis? Nothing which is put into words is common to all Sufis.

Your health, wealth, position, performance, ability and attitude are the results of your decisions.

Television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome.

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

Italian hospitals are great. The doctor smoking in the emergency room will sign any prescription you ask for.

Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you.

Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Don't be a jerk. Try to love everyone. Give more than you take. And do it despite the fact that you only really like about seven out of 500 people.

What is undeniable is that when comforts and convenience sap our energies and idealism, inactivity secretes sloth in to our minds like a poison in the blood.

My favorite film is Gene Tierney and Tyrone Power in The Razor's Edge.