Arturo Pérez-Reverte Quote

He was no god, just an artist; and when an artist is a man, he needs a woman to create like a god.

I find no importance in showing others that I am happy; it's not important to me that they know or think that I am happy but what is important to me is that I am happy. I am interested in being happy,...

After you hear and listen. First must come desire. Second must come willingness.Third should come understanding.Fourth should come progression and with progression will come more understanding.

The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.

You know all that sympathy that you feel for an abused child who suffers without a good mom or dad to love and care for them? Well, they don't stay children forever. No one magically becomes an adult...

Now, 75 years [after ], in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books.

If we could get your subconscious mind to agree with your conscious mind about being happy, that's when your positive thoughts work.

Forgiveness is a transformative act because it asks you to be a more empathetic and compassionate person, thereby making you better than the person you were when you were first hurt.

Women who love themselves are threatening; but men who love real women, more so.

We human beings regard ourselves as (or compare ourselves to) animals only when it suits us.