What we call birth Is but a beginning to be something else Than what we were before; and when we cease To be that something, then we call it death.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

She was reflecting back on a truth she had learned over the years: that people heard what they wanted to hear, saw what they wanted, believed what they wanted.

those who truly know, knows those who don't, will learn if they ask

To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.

My favorite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence'.

To be free comes not from changing or fixing this world, but from seeing this world as it is and opening the heart in the midst of it.

Are you worried that, when you go to hell, you'll only be taking the local and not be on the express? Why would you look for a loophole to deny coverage to children with preexisting conditions?

If everybody's behavior can be explained by simple stupidity and greed, there's no point in assuming a conspiracy.

People follow proven formulas in any business.

Our moods do not believe in each other.

I'll make fun of anybody. We're all about falling down and going boom on camera.