The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep out of me.

Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance.

It is nearly impossible to hate anyone whose story you know.

We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful.

A sense of humor is the best indicator that you will recover; it is often the best indicator that people will love you. Sustain that and you have hope.

I can see the beauty of glass objects fully at the moment when they slip from my hand

I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.

We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences.

Life is enriched by difficulty; love is made more acute when it requires exertion.

When you believe that you cannot stitch your own heart back together, go to work on the hearts of other people; there is no surer way to repair yourself than to repair them.

I tend to find the ecstasy hidden in ordinary joys, because I did not expect those joys to be ordinary to me.

What never happened will never change."(from "Oh, Leonardo")

When you empower others to be great, you become a great leader.

David Letterman is the best late-night talk show host right now, hands down, and has been since he first took the desk.

A theory is a battlefield in your head.

At the heart of our misunderstanding and infantile behavior is the wish for a miracle cure.

You might not think that programmers are artists, but programming is an extremely creative profession. Its logic-based creativity.

Be the designer of your own destiny.

Without the spirit of the Lord Jesus, we will look upon 'the least of these' simply as the least.

Lili manages to mix Kate Bush with modern influences to make a beautifully unique sound based around her amazing violin skills and soulful voice.

All I know is just what I read in the Congressional Record. They have had some awful funny articles in there lately. As our government deteriorates, our humor increases.