You don't have to do something every day that scares you. There's no fun in being terrified. Do one thing every day that makes you happy.

You cannot, ever, give up on a friend who is close to giving up on themselves

Whoever said kindness should be earned is wrong. A kick in the shins is earned - kindness should be a given.

I know it's possible to overcome even very big problems in life, to heal yourself and move on

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

To find yourself, get lost for others.

Love, endure, persist... Everything will return to you, innocent fool!

Can we at least avoid the cannibals? I prefer not to vomit when screaming for my life.

Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how they sound to the ear.

I don't even think of going to Europe as going to another country now.

There is nothing like a person with confidence, male or female, not conceitedness, but confidence. That inspires other people.

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.

Opposition is the very spur of love.

We Jews, thank God, have nothing to do with the East. . . . The Islamic soul must be broomed out of Eretz-Yisrael. . . . [Muslims are] yelling rabble dressed up in gaudy, savage rags.