Jeder Traum braucht einen Träumer.

Wir können nicht wählen, was mit uns geschieht, aber wir können wählen, wie wir damit umgehen.

Der schlimmste Mord ist der, der an unserer Lebensfreude begangen wird.

... weil wir immer auf der Suche nach etwas Besserem sind und so die Chance unseres Lebens verpassen.

Wer sagen will: "Ich habe endlich die Liebe meines Lebens gefunden.", darf keine Angst davor haben, allein in einem Altersheim zu enden.

Oft, wenn die Dinge ungeplant und unerwartet geschehen, sind sie am Ende angenehmer und chancenreicher.

Wir können nicht einfach die Lichter, die unseren Weg beleuchten, an uns nehmen und davontragen. Tun wir dies, tragen wir zwar viel Licht in unserem Gepäck, doch niemand wird uns auf unserem Weg folgen und Gesellschaft leisten können.

Heute ist der erste Tag vom Rest deines Lebens.

Ein einfacher Traum ist mächtiger als tausend Wirklichkeiten.

Der Traum ist etwas Spontanes und daher gefährlich für jene, die nicht den Mut haben zu träumen.

Wenn man anderen Menschen nicht vertraut, hat man nur eine einzige Option - jemand zu werden, der immer in der Defensive lebt, nicht liebt, keine Entscheidungen treffen kann, immer den anderen die Schuld dafür gibt, wenn etwas schief läuft.

Wer Selbstvertrauen hat, vertraut auch anderen. Weil er weiß, dass er, wenn er verraten werden sollte, selbstbewusst damit umgehen kann.

Ein Teil dessen, was das Leben lebenswert macht, ist genau das: Risiken eingehen.

Riskiere jetzt etwas, solange du gesund bist und den Mut dazu hast.

Leben bedeutet Anpassung.

Allein der Umstand, Kritik an sich heranzulassen, gab dem Kritiker Macht.

Immer wollte sie die anderen übertrumpfen, schaffte es aber nie, über sich selber hinauszuwachsen.

Echte Revolutionäre sind nicht im mindestens daran interessiert, ein Studium abzuschließen und ein Diplom zu erwerben.

Wer aus Liebe handelt, der wird auf allen seinen Wegen einen unsichtbaren, wohlwollenden Schutz genießen und in schwierigen Augenblicken Ruhe bewahren können.

A face that is really lovely in repose can fall apart if, when its owner stars to talk, she distorts every feature.

Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.

Whenever I try to do something, I figure out what other people aren't doing or how can I do it different or how can I stand out.

I'd assumed that a deal was a deal when Princeton admitted me, but I was wrong. The price of getting in - to the university itself, and to the great world it promised to open up - was an endless dunning for nebulous services that weren't included in the initial quote.

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

Humans have continued to evolve quite a lot over the past ten thousand years, and certainly over 100 thousand. Sure, our biology affects our behavior. But it's unlikely that humans' early evolution is deeply relevant to contemporary psychological questions about dating or the willpower to complete a dissertation.

If you're 35, 45, or even 55 - you have a very long time horizon - 40 years or vastly more. That is you, and/or your spouse, are likely to live about that long, and you'll be investing the whole way.

There are some people who cannot watch every film because of age. They might watch only three films in a year.

I am from Scotland, and I am Christian, not Muslim.

Without an adequate response, an epidemic can develop into a pandemic, which generally means it has spread to more than one continent.

To be honest, I've never been a huge fan of American soap operas. I grew up Spanish, so I grew up watching a lot of novellas.

I don't usually see my type for on-camera stuff as a series regular. Normally, my type is the janitor, the secretary, the cop, or the nurse.

I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out.

High levels of stress can lead to weakened immunity, rendering animals much more susceptible to disease. This makes the average poultry factory farm a hotbed for outbreaks of avian flu.

To properly reflect the changes of the world and of the UN, with its growing number of member states, we would like to see an enlargement of the SC that gives room for new members, not least developing countries.

I studied English literature in the honors program, which means that you had to take courses in various centuries. You had to start with Old English, Middle English, and work your way toward the modern. I figured if I did that it would force me to read some of the things I might not read on my own.

I think parents should be able to teach their kids what their faith says, what science says.

Every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid.

I don't think in terms of projects.

You don't spread democracy with a barrel of a gun.

It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation.

I always told my mother I wanted a job where I could have a lot of fun and have a lot of time off. She asked me where I was going to find that, and I said, 'I don't know, but it's out there.'

I said, 'Wouldn't it be great if Matt Damon's character fell in love with a girl with a real butt?' They were like, 'Yeah sure, sure - here's your personal trainer.'

Any moron with a pack of matches can start a fire. Raining down sulfur takes a huge level of endurance. Mass genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, next to soccer.