"The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving."

"Where we love is home, Home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts."

"Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening."

"Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise."

"Let thoughts come and go like clouds across an undisturbed autumn sky. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I have a pet lizard named Puff, five goldfish - named Pinky, Brain, Jowels, Pearl and Sandy, an oscar fish named Chef, two pacus, an albino African frog named Whitey, a bonsai tree, four Venus flytraps, a fruit fly farm and sea monkeys."

"Censorship is saying: 'I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.' But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word - even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper."

"Beauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me."