Reason shows us there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

The man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing.

Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.

Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.

To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.

Believe me if you consult philosophy she will persuade you not to lit so long at your counting desk

I have learned to be a friend to myself Great improvement this indeed Such a one can never be said to be alone for know that he who is a friend to himself is a friend to all mankind

Reflect that nothing merits admiration except thespirit, the impressiveness of which prevents it from being impressed by anything.

There is no enjoying the possession of anything valuable unless one has someone to share it with

Because thou writest me often, I thank thee ... Never do I receive a letter from thee, but immediately we are together.

A woman is not beautiful when her ankle or arm wins compliments, but when her total appearance diverts admiration from the individual parts of her body.

Oh hell no, I thought. I am not wasting my first kiss on some guy who's skipping out on our first date.

I ate cucumbers and saltines - not because I wanted to look a certain way, but because I was so sad my appetite disappeared.

Sleep sweetly in the fields of asphodel, and waken, as of old, to stretch thy languid length, and purr thy soft contentment to the skies.

I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of Family Ties between Monday and Friday.

I feel that true freedom lies within, where I shall never find it.

A lot of people are in politics to make friends, too, instead of making positive change. Theyre worried about getting re-elected.

If anybody wants to be a rock star they've gotta try hard enough. They're not gonna get it handed to them

We are all wise for other people, none for himself.

You don't want to take over the universe. You wouldn't know what to do with it beyond shout at it.

Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever.