Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.

What is worse than having no sight is being able to see but having no vision.

The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change.

Out of 100 men, one will read the Bible, the other 99 will read the Christian.

It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it.

You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.

Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.

I used to want the words 'She tried' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She did it.'

Haters are confused admirers who can’t understand why everybody else likes you

A man may be as straight as an arrow, but even then he will have some critics.

There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

Power, time, gravity, love. The forces that really kick ass are all invisible.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.

No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain.

Those who shun the whimsy of things will experience rigor mortis before death.

I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?

I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with.

The greatest danger of all is to allow new walls to divide us from one another

Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.

Of all things difficult to rule, none were more so than my will and affections.

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.

The only time you should look down at someone, is when you are helping them up.

Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.

Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.

To step away from the world isn't to draw back; it's actually a way to tune in.

The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

It is the great arrogance of the present to forget the intelligence of the past

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.

I have been told my eating habits are absolutely bizarre. But I don't think so.

Total situations are, therefore, patterns in time as much as patterns in space.

Worship is an inward feeling and outward action that reflects the worth of God.

Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.

Before something can become a habit it must first be practiced as a discipline.

You have a right to your thoughts and feelings. Your feelings are always valid.

Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.

If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.

Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.

Arthur Miller wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.

Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.

The difference between a pebble and a mountain lies in whom you ask to move it.

A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.

Catholics have guilt and Jews have guilt, fine. But mothers can trump them all.

It often takes suffering and lost in order to remind us of how precious life is.

We gotta be willing to seek direction ... we've gotta be willing to look within.

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