Among the things that you, and you alone, are the absolute and final judge of is whether or not you are a success.

If I had it to do again, I would less often judge myself and more often ask for a jury.

It's a safe bet that someone who tells you you need to calm down has never actually seen you when you needed to calm down.

There comes a time when a man and woman realize that their separate schemes can be better achieved as a conspiracy.

Grammar is not a set of arbitrary rules; it is a compact between people who wish to understand each other.

Each day, awakening, are we asked to paint the sky blue? Need we coax the sun to rise or flowers to bloom? Need we teach birds to sing, or children to laugh, or lovers to kiss? No, though we think the world imperfect, it surrounds us each day with its perfections. We are asked only to appreciate them, and to show appreciation by living in peaceful harmony amidst them. The Creator does not ask that we create a perfect world; He asks that we celebrate it.

Every day I go forth to seek my identity, feeling greatly blessed by the things I don't find it in.