We didn't know if ordinary lunatics or just unstable people on the ground could feel incited to harm me.

I need to listen well so that I hear what is not said.

Follow your heart, whatever you do. You are placing your fate and our fate in the hands of men and women who are going to govern at national and provincial level.

Forgiveness is the best tonic for heart.

This was what the poets couldn't put in their poetry, she thought dumbly, the rush of desire so fierce and pure it made one shake, all on the force of a word.

I saw my friends in medical school seeming to be more engaged with the real world. That provoked a sort of jealousy, and I decided to go to medical school after all.

Elinor Lipman is to tweets what Shakespeare is to sonnets.

Enthusiasm: If you don’t FEEL enthusiastic, ACT enthusiastic. Soon, you’ll BE enthusiastic. Double your enthusiasm and you’ll probably double your income.

Live your life in your own unique way and be true to yourself

Fifty years ago wealth was stored and transmitted physically through gold bars, stock certificates, bank notes, and coins.

The President [Barack Obama] had suggested that I not watch the news during the confirmation process. I assiduously followed his advice.

Compassion, the fairest associate of the heart.

In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. In this moment, there is infinite possibility.