Catering to bad feelings feeds and empowers them.

I need music. It’s like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what’s going on – bad games, press, whatever!

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise.

If someone decides they’re not going to be happy, it’s not your problem. You don’t have to spend your time and energy trying to cheer up someone who has already decided to stay in a bad mood. Believe it or not, you can actually hurt people by playing into their self-pity.

When I was growing up, I wasn’t an extrovert. If anything, I was an introverted kid and a very average pupil at school. I was very quiet.

I cry so much less than I used to. I used to be one of the most teary people.

Sometimes negative news does come out, but it is often exaggerated and manipulated to spread scandal. Journalists sometimes risk becoming ill from coprophilia and thus fomenting coprophagia: which is a sin that taints all men and women, that is, the tendency to focus on the negative rather than the positive aspects.

Never take anything for granted.

There are phases in life which surface at times, and it makes you understand that despite you working hard, everything what you are doing is probably not enough. That’s when you need to look around, and beyond.

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else – means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

Put it this way: If I asked, ‚How’s business?‘ and you say, ‚Boomin‘ or ‚Amazing,‘ I already know the answer.

Because of its phantom nature, and despite elaborate defense mechanisms, the ego is very vulnerable and insecure, and it sees itself as constantly under threat. This, by the way, is the case even if the ego is outwardly very confident.

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

Where fear is, happiness is not.

I’ve discovered that when we take time to renew our minds with God’s Word, we learn how to think like God thinks, say what God says, and act like He wants us to act.

How does a nice Catholic girl end up going to prison for a year? It’s crazy. I’ve made mistakes. I have to pay for those mistakes.

I’m not a god – I do bad things.

I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate at some point, you ain’t interesting.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man’s features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

You can live your life angry, bitter, mad at somebody or even guilty, not letting go of your own mistakes, but you won’t receive the good things God has in store.

The older I get, the more important the eternal becomes to me personally.

I realize I don’t do a very good job in keeping up to date, but I try to.

Prayer doesn’t just change things – it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.

You’ll see it when you believe it.

Compliment three people every day.

My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, ‚Oh God, I’ve got to do this today.‘

In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.

Adopt responsibility for your own well-being, try to put your family together, try to serve your community, try to seek for eternal truth… That’s the sort of thing that can ground you in your life, enough so that you can withstand the difficulty of life.

He knows my limitations and where I’m a good wife and a good mom.

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

I don’t go down the road of condemning.

I’m crazy and I don’t pretend to be anything else.

Everyone has at least one story, and each of us is funny if we admit it. You have to admit you’re the funniest person you’ve ever heard of.

In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the ‚we‘ rather than the ‚I.‘

I’m a genetic optimist.

The game is changing with songs like ‚Earned It‘ as opposed to it changing me.

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.

My head’s never really quiet. The only time I can get it to turn off is if I watch ‚CSI‘ or ‚Law & Order,‘ where I have to follow the crime. If I can’t turn my head off during that, I know I’ve really got a problem.

Growing up in the place I did I never was aware of any other option but to question everything.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

People in tough times – it doesn’t mean they don’t have a great attitude.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.

He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.

I’ve learned a lot since I was a new mother. My approach to struggle and shame now is to talk to yourself like you’d talk to someone you love and reach out to tell your story.

It’s very unnatural to be someone for so many people. But of course it’s very nice.

You can’t have it all, all at once. Who – man or woman – has it all, all at once? Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.

If I relaxed, if I took my foot off the gas, I would probably die.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

The roots of the problems we face in the world, in our national life, and in our family and personal lives are spiritual.

I’m on record that it didn’t really traumatize me to do away with some people.

I am not saying I am the best manager in the world. But I’m quite good.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?