"Discipline your mind to think positively; to see the good in every situation and look on the best side of every event."

“You don't throw away a whole life just because it's banged up a little.”

“What matters most is recognition that 'I have my own will. I have my own agency. I have the power within myself to control what I do.'”

Source : Source: www.mormonnewsroom.org

“The wisdom that comes from having experienced heartbreak cannot be bequeathed; it can only be gained through experience. And having truly felt it, we are far more likely to have compassion for others. Anything that takes us close to true compassion takes us closer to what will one day be an experience of even greater joy.”

“Feather to fire,fire to blood Blood to bone,bone to marrow Marrow to ashes,ashes to snow”

Source : "Ashes and Snow". Documentary, Drama, www.imdb.com. March 05, 2005.

“The problem was you had to keep choosing between one evil or another, and no matter what you chose, they sliced a little more off you, until there was nothing left. At the age of 25 most people were finished. A whole ***** nation of ***** driving automobiles, eating, having babies, doing everything in the worst way possible, like voting for the presidential candidate who reminded them most of themselves.”

“Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.”

“I prefer lump charcoal over briquettes but I do use both for different reasons and different recipes and sometimes I combine them both when I really want the woodsy aroma from the lump charcoal and long, even heat from the briquettes.”

“If you're recording the song on your four-track in your kitchen, when you finished writing the song, you're recording, and it's cool, and honor that. And maybe that's the version that should be released. And if you're recording the song again, it shouldn't be because there's a version you love that you're chasing. It should be because "You know what? I made a recording, but I don't love it emotionally." So, okay, then record again. And be in it and take advantage of the buzz and energy of "I'm getting to record right now!" It's such a beautiful and cool privilege.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com