"Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness."

"Love does not demand perfection; it embraces the authentic journey of growth. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"It is a essential truth that in the quiet sanctuary of self-reflection, the soul finds its rhythm — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The tapestry of existence shows us that every challenge is an invitation to grow stronger."

"To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not."

"We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed."

"It is a quiet truth that courage is not the absence of trembling, but the decision to step forward regardless."

"'Not again!' I thought to myself this morning, as news trickled out that John McCain was set to pick Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Not again, because too often women are promoted for the wrong reasons, and then blamed when things don't go right."