There is no duty we so much underrated as the duty of being happy.

A desire for knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being, whose mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all he has to get knowledge.

Samuel Johnson

A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in the professions, or by refusing to compete with man at all.

Betty Friedan

The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.

Malala Yousafzai

Readers probably haven't heard much about it yet, but they will. Quantum technology turns ordinary reality upside down.

Michael Crichton

My mom was paranoid about my safety.

Jane Smiley

If everyone realized this truth about their own inherent power to create and to attract whatever they desired, not everyone would want to be the president of a country, not everyone would want to live on that mansion on the hill, and not everyone would want the same things you would.

Stephen Richards

Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.

J. Edgar Hoover

Happiness is a state of mind, a choice, a way of living, not a destination.

Steve Maraboli

I'm saying to be a hero is means you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes always are making a sacrifice. Heroes always take a risk. Heroes always deviant. Heroes always doing something that most people don't and we want to change - I want to democratise heroism to say any of us can be a hero.

Philip Zimbardo

Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy.

Theodore White

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

Paul Valery

If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.

Michael Phelps