“It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.”

“Some people are your friends and some are simply Dead Ends”

You can never change another person but they can change you!

The tongue is a small thing, but can speak great hurts!

You cannot count the stars, there are to many, its like love, there is no ending!

Hatred is like a wild fire it can destroy everything in its path!

The past resembles the future more than one drop of water resembles another.

Man is the child of customs, not the child of his ancestors.

“I don’t feel at all brave,’ thought Jack, ‘but I suppose a person is really bravest when he does something although he is frightened. So here goes!”

“Nothing like having a bucket of cold water flung over you to make you see things as they really are!”

“It was such a lovely day too, and the sky and sea were so blue. They sat eating and drinking, gazing out to sea, watching the waves break into spray over the rocks beyond the old wreck.”

“I'm good at exploring roofs. You never know when that kind of thing comes in useful.”

“It wasn't a bit of good fighting grown-ups. They could do exactly as they liked.”

“Hatred is so much easier to win than love - and so much harder to get rid of.”

“I think people make their own faces, as they grow.”

“If you can't look after something in your care, you have no right to keep it.”

“Leave something for someone but dont leave someone for something.”

It is seductive to seek advice from those who lack wisdom as they can often provide answers the wise cannot

"You shouldn't do things differently just because they're different. They need to be... better."

"The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur."

"It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket."

Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero.

Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity.

The real minimum wage is zero.