...perhaps there is some element of good even in the simple act of living, so long as the evils of existence do not preponderate too heavily.

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.

I guess it's true what they say: if we could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people.

A journey by Sea and Land, Five Hundred Miles, is not undertaken without money.

There will be mistakes and there will be falters. There will be things that are not a part of your plan. See the challenges in your life and accept them and embrace them.

Well, of course, people are only human... But it really does not seem much for them to be.

I'm tired of the rules," I say.

Lady Liberty and Sarah Palin are lit by the same torch.

I think he's going down, ... It's gonna be the 'Revenge for O.J. '

I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film criticism by giving people an opportunity to self publish or to find sites that are friendly.

God bless America, God Save the Queen, God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.

To quit this troubled world is better than to enter it: the rosebud enters the garden with straitened heart and departs smiling.