Leo Tolstoy

I am always with myself, and it is I who am my tormentor.

The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she is not, and there is dejection and darkness…

There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes.

You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.

To educate the peasantry, three things are needed: schools, schools and schools.

He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began.

Let’s love ourselves then we can’t fail to make a better situation tomorrow. Our seeds will grow, all we need is dedication.

The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within- strength, courage, dignity.

I am always with myself, and it is I who am my tormentor.

Maybe if I don’t cry, I won’t feel anymore.

Throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart […] I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star to President of the United States (on my first try). I think that would qualify as not smart, but genius….and a very stable genius at that!

Don’t ever call a girl fat. Even if you’re joking.

I’ve never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women, and I’m very proud of that.

I had plastic surgery because I was trying to look good for y’all.

If one cannot get along without a mirror, even in shaving oneself, how can one reconstruct oneself or one’s life, without seeing oneself in the mirror of literature?

I didn’t talk to anyone about [postpartum depression]. I was very reluctant.. Four of my friends felt the same way I did, and everyone was too embarrassed to talk about it.

I’m really an old-fashioned girl, and I think I’m totally sexy.

I feel beautiful without makeup on, but when I do put makeup on, it just gives me this extra pop.

I am an eternally deluded person. No one is as deluded as I am. How clear this is to me when I do zazen!

I wrote these words for everyone who struggles in their youth, who won’t accept deception instead of what is truth.

Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do.