Nostalgia has a way of blocking the reality of the past.
We demand privacy, yet we glorify those that break into computers.
Manners and politeness will never become old-fashioned.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...
I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.
Formal education and current position can define your worthiness. What makes you extraordinary is defined by your attitude towards others.
Sacrifice of the self is sheer stupidity if sacrifice is not for the self.
He shall rule, whom they look not for that dwell upon the earth, and the fowls shall take their flight away together:
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.