The unexamined life is not worth living. Don't feel bad for one moment about doing what brings you joy. Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice. I am too fond of reading books to care to write them. Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't. Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting. Respect other people's feelings. It might mean nothing to you, but it could mean everything to them. Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you. That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.