It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible; and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five.

If you’re not very clever you should be conciliatory.

Being a full human being is difficult, frightening, and problematical.

Thirty was so strange for me. I’ve really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.

I don’t think any country is perfect. It’s our responsibility to do the best we can do to change the things we don’t like. I think that’s part of social responsibility, and everybody is going to do that in their own way.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

What I love best in life is new starts.

Partition is bad. But whatever is past is past. We have only to look to the future.

Few men would dare to read their own autobiography if all their deeds were recorded in it; few can look back upon their entire career without a blush.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

But by reading them again and again finally I was able to grasp the essential part. What emotion, enthusiasm, enlightenment and confidence they communicated to me! I wept for joy.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

People may think I’m trying something new by telling stories, but they’re just jokes connected to give the illusion of stories. But really, I just continue using my imagination and creating. That’s what I do.

Things won’t get better dwelling on the past. Accept what has happened. Then move forward.

A great man is always willing to be little.

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

In this knowledge-worker age, it’s now increasingly tied to doing well in school so you can get into better grad schools so you can get better jobs – so the pressure to do well is really high.

What nourishes me also destroys me.

We can’t afford not to educate girls and give women the power and the access that they need.

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

I don’t ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing ‚cos that’s just… that’s just telling yourself a lie.

I’m my own worst critic, and if I don’t pull off what I think I wanted to do in my head, then I won’t be a happy girl.

I feel like this: Whatever is in your path and in your heart, you need to do.

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

I think there is a lot made out of age, and what age you feel.

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.

I’m of the school of thought where if you can’t sort something out for yourself then no one can help you.

We are often raised as dependents then given over to teachers. It’s experience and exploration that can transform us and lead to mastery.

I always had faith in my creative capacity.

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.

You have to just make the choices you make in life. I made the choices I made because I believed they were right for me.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‚to do‘ list.

There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

My ‚fear‘ is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

Every one of my regrets has produced a song I’m proud of.

Prospering just doesn’t have to do with money.

People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

Transforming yourself into a deep listener will not only prove more amusing as you open your mind to their mind, but you will gain the most invaluable lessons about human psychology.

Stay active. Read the Word. Worship with other believers. Continue to give. Keep learning and growing. Your faith will be unleashed!

Mine is better than ours.

The first step in a person’s salvation is knowledge of their sin.

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart.

To not to have entirely wasted one’s life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself.

It’s like, remember who you always were, where you came from, who your parents were, how they raised you. Because that authentic self is going to follow you all through life, so make sure that it’s solid so it’s something that you can hold on and be proud of for the rest of your life.

I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it’s spoken.

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

If you’ve got a talent, protect it.

I’m not looking to freak people out – eating rodents or bugs. I don’t do that anymore.

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.

I’m just going to say it: I’m pro-guilt. Guilt is good. Guilt helps us stay on track because it’s about our behavior. It occurs when we compare something we’ve done – or failed to do – with our personal values.