We can never truly understand the people we hate; we can never truly hate the people we understand.

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.

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

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

Translating from #cat is easy - you just ignore everything, then you decide what you want it to have said, thought, or wanted.

Aryal whispered, "If I start slapping people, I might not be able to stop.

There is a terrible emptiness in me, an indifference that hurts.

I would have hated to been locked into music for the last 20 years and not been able to have a family.

I feel the flame of eternity in my soul.

You get spoiled as a novelist because you get to be the director and the editor, and you play all the parts, but as a screenwriter, you are a bit down the ladder.

Just think of any negativity that comes to you as a raindrop falling into the ocean of your bliss.

Where is the society which does not struggle along under a dead-weight of tradition and law inherited from its grandfather?

All who suffer are full of hatred; all who live drag a remorse: the dead alone have broken their chains.

Knavery's plain face is never seen till used.