"Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise."

“Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst.”

Source : Lin Yutang (1937). “The Importance of Living”

“No agnostic ever burned anyone at the stake or tortured a pagan, a heretic, or an unbeliever.”

“The most successful hyperpowers are the ones where there was actual intermixing. Tang dynasty China was Chinas golden age, and contrary to what I was told when I was growing up, Tang China was founded by a man who by todays standards was no more than half Chinese. It was a mixed-blood dynasty that pulled in barbarians from the steppe.”

“I've been very fortunate to have had the opportunities to have the career I've had.”

“I think my biggest achievement is that after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane. I'm proud of that.”

Source : "The Eloquent Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis : A Portrait in Her Own Words" by Bill Adler, (p. 5, 232), 2004.

“A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet.”

Source : Richard Monckton Milnes (1st baron Houghton.) (1838). “The poems of Richard Monckton Milnes”, p.100

“Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.”

“But i think it would drive me more crazy to just go do a movie that I didn't believe in, you know?”