#wisdom

"If you are not vegan, please consider going vegan. It’s a matter of nonviolence. Being vegan is your statement that you reject violence to other sentient beings, to yourself, and to the environment, on which all sentient beings depend."

"Love will wreck your heart like a derailed train. So choo-choose your partner wisely."

"Conceit spoils the finest genius."

"Unless you're a lesbian... [10w] Feminism is not a sustainable position without giving up love."

"It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses."

"Wherever you are, however you got there, if it's good, you're meant to be there either because you earned it or life led you there and you were smart enough to hold on."

"Committees [10w] A committee sits in a rectangle and talks in circles."

"Ageing [10w] There's no such thing as age -- only degrees of opacity."

"My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument."Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right."

"My next breath may very well be in your lungs. Store it wisely, because my life depends on it."

"Pulling a Houdini Relationships are magic;we're always getting each other out of handcuffs and strait-jacketswhile locked in a steamer trunk underwater."

"Silly String [10w] Life' an absurdity radiating from a spine of silly string."

"New Year Resolutions I [10w] Change my voice;unclog my ears;open my heart."

"You can change your mind, don't let your mind change you"

"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection."

"In order to rise from its own ashes, a Phoenix first must burn."

"Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are."

"Don't wish it was easier wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenge wish for more wisdom"

"Never, never, never give in!"

"It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need."