We laugh at that which we cannot bear to face.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Kissing, said Lesley, ought really to be taught as a school subject, preferably instead of religious studies, which nobody needed.

China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions.

I've always been a bit ambitious, but I do think the Green Party is the real opposition.

Politics is the systematic cultivation of hatred.

Certainly Apple has improved enormously. At the beginning, the sampling rate was an issue for me, but a bigger argument was over digital rights, which I had.

God almost never calls His people to a fair fight.

We should nourish our souls on the dew of Poesy, and manure them as well.

Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.

To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people.

I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.