We all have two things in common, no matter who we are: We were born and we are going to die.

Water adopts the shape of its receptacle, it is sometimes a trickle and sometimes a wild sea.

Language casts sheaves of reality upon the social body, stamping it and violently shaping it.

A boy can be two, three, four potential people, but a man is only one. He murders the others.

The more you know, the less you have to carry. The less you know, the more you have to carry.

If you ask me why I left China, it's just that I went for a stroll and strolled too far away.

We are a sum total of what we have learned from all who have taught us, both great and small.

Horace smiled. "Always breakfast like a man condemned. One never knows that a day may bring."

I want no blood from you--not until we're both sweaty and naked and you're screaming my name.

That was the best kind of story: when the teller was as much under its spell as the listener.

God lives in the place of praise. If we want to be where He is, we need to go to His address.

Life Will Never Be The Same Because There Had Never Been Anyone Like You...Ever in the World.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

Those who reach decisions promptly and definitely, know what they want, and generally get it.

IDEAS CAN BE TRANSMUTED INTO CASH THROUGH THE POWER OF DEFINITE PURPOSE, PLUS DEFINITE PLANS.

In science you need to understand the world; in business you need others to misunderstand it.

The bonus for bankers fragilizes the system. Someone has the upside at the expense of others.

Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing.

The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.

I'm scared," he says."I know," says the nurse."I want you all to go to Hell.""That's natural.

The sight of the bare katana inspires everyone to a practically Nipponese level of politeness

There are no coincidences in the universe, only convergences of Will, Intent, and Experience.

The real problem with stories - if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death.

Walk any path in Destiny's garden, and you will be forced to choose, not once but many times.

I couldn't get you to the ocean, but there was nothing stopping me bringing the ocean to you.

We get to experience the same thing in very different ways with different parts of ourselves.

I used the pen name because I knew I wanted to write better novels under my own name someday.

Stay open to opportunity -- you never know where your next important connection will be made.

The computer provides the only way to give students a real foundation in 21st-century skills.

When you reach for the stars, you lose blood and tears. That's something you should remember.

Better, Cilla thought, to be alone on a quiet night than to be alone in a crowd. Much better.

I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces.

If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

Make a mental list of happy thoughts and pass them through your mind several times every day.

Never tell yourself ... I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too.

I have not once felt a thing for the male sex, I was only interested in the fairer sex. Mine.

Take great comfort in knowing that ALL great feats are accomplished one small step at a time.

The best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere.

If you fill your head with positive thoughts, there won't be any room left for negative ones.

Don't you think baby corns are scary? There's just something wrong about their midget bodies.

I'v planted my seeds for my upcoming events. but right now, Im just waiting for them to bloom

He was one of those rare men who are capable of being fully in love only once in their lives.

There are times in history where a particular doctrine becomes a symbol of a greater problem.

There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution that sanctifies the separation of church and state.

I think we do want a front-runner from the Republican Party who can win the general election.

I never would have thought of that word, "hospitality." I settle into the rhythm of my steps.

In my studio, it is unkempt and unattractive. Once I'm in my work, I don't notice where I am.

The war won't be over until the last spammer's head is stuck onto a spear at the city limits.

I'm very lucky. I'm very fortunate that my books have never gone out of print - none of them.

Spring is a time to find out where you are, who you are, and move toward where you are going.

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