My words fly up, my thoughts remain below

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew.

He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.

Nature has given the opportunity of happiness to all, knew they but how to use it.

To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.

Whoever desires is always poor.

[Jews were] fomenting a general plague on the whole world.

No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing.

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

Faber est suae quisque fortunae. Each man is the architect of his own fate.

Genuine goodness isn’t discovered through postponement but must exist now or not at all. It cannot be based on what is not. We must find it in what is and what we truly see.

Two forces pervade human life, the Gita says: the upward thrust of evolution and the downward pull of our evolutionary past.

you’ll find the buildings taller, thatthe halls are full of ghostsbut everything still here iswhat you remember most

I'm not abnegation, I'm not dauntless, I am Divergent

I realized that being present for loved ones who are dying or aging is one of the greatest honors and gifts in my life. We are quite small in the big scheme of things.

As a former Catholic, and as someone who even today is not opposed to being called a Christian, I felt I had every right to use the symbols of the Church and resented being told not to.

I believe that contentment or any sustained period of joy that doesn't inspire thought that leads to action almost immediately is useless.

The business of life is to enjoy oneself; everything else is a mockery.

I don't care if you print something nasty about me. If it's true, fine. I don't care. But just make sure it's the truth.

The enemy is always in the mind.