Oh my lovely princess, "Raoden whispered. "You probably mean well, but handing these people food is the worst thing you could do to them."-Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)

Remember, the past need not become our future as well.

The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something.

To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain--leaving behind a person so callused that emotion can find no root in his heart.

Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important.

To their simple, degenerate minds there was only one thing to do when faced by a God more powerful than their own: Convert.Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)

It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one can lie at crucial moments.

It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one could lie at crucial moments.

There was nothing more bitter than a soul who had had its chance and thrown it away.

a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up. It makes us sick.

Is human nature to believe that other places and other times are better than the here and now.

Life is about connection, not perfection.

The city buildings in the distance are holding up the sky, it seems.

I wanted to be successful, not famous.

While the censorious man is most severe in judging others, he is invariably the most ready to repel any animadversions made upon himself...

People don't need to become more aware of poverty - they need to know how to end it.

The key to long term success in the marketplace is to build relationships & acquire leadership skills that can build great teams.

Physical violence is the basis of authority.

A really intelligent man makes an indifferent painter. For painting requires a certain blindness, a partial refusal to be aware of all the options.

I do not want any child in America to have my childhood because it was taken away from me because I just wasn't good enough; well I am good enough now.

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.