Nothing is more consuming, or more illogical, than the desire for remembrance.

All change is not growth as all movement is not forward.

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.

It is human nature to overestimate the thing you've never had.

The worst thing about war is that so many people enjoy it.

The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give.

I have little faith in the theory that organized killing is the best prelude to peace.

The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.

They used to tell me if you’re depressed anyway, why not be depressed and take a walk instead of being depressed and staying in bed? If it makes no difference, why not get up and go out?

I'm sorry Penelope." "Don't waste my time with sorries, Simon.If we stop to apologize and forgive each other every time we step on each other's toes, we'll never have time to be friends.

Some think of Islam as an expedient jobs program that moves the female half of the population out of the way.

Poverty is a mental virus, even if one could get a million, the mindset will always kick in.

I don't want to be another Jordan, Magic, or Isiah. When my career is over, I want to be able to look in the mirror and say 'I did it my way'.

There's this resistance to actually talking to people who are smarter than you about things and I don't know why that is.

You should be treating yourself like you are your own best friend.

I say no to drugs, but they don't listen.

Youth is a question of energy.

You want to surround yourself with people who are as dedicated to their discipline as you are to yours and let them do what they do.