The secret of a successful relationship is avoiding the unforgivable and forgiving the unavoidable.

The voice of reason is inaudible to irrational people.

To have meaning, our lives require both passion and purpose. A life without passion is like a furnace without fuel, and without purpose, like a ship without a rudder.

Never let the worst of you get the best of you.

Sometimes I wonder which is worse - confrontational people who are afraid of caring or caring people who are afraid of confrontation.

It is one of history's greatest ironies that, over the centuries, the pursuit of pleasure has resulted in more pain than enjoyment.

Adolescence is a kind of slavery cleverly disguised as freedom.

When all things are considered, happiness is a better indicator of success than success has ever been of happiness.

Even though it runs counter to popular belief, Life's critical decisions are usually made in the heart and only later ratified by the brain.

Throughout history, most of the wrongs of the world have resulted from people absolutely sure they were in the right.

If only people fought undeserved praise as much as they do unfair criticism.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close up.

I knew the woodsy fragrance that accompanied Reed was his natural scent. It was one of the many things that made him hard to resist.

Remember no matter how many candles you blow out this year there's one gal who will always think of you as young strong and handsome - your mother.

The existence of the EPA regulation will require large carbon polluters to look at their hole cards, and some of them have decided that they much prefer legislation.

Art should never be a slave to commerce, but for all working artists that's exactly what it must be.

I have a lot of shoes.

When once an Indian sees that his food is secure, he does not care what the chief or any one else says.

If I'm interested in what I'm doing, other people will be interested in it.

A value is like a fax machine: it’s not much use if you’re the only one who has one.

The wealth of the well-to-do of an industrial society is both the cause and effect of the masses' well-being.