“God has no religion.”

“I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”

“You guessed? You must have been pretty sure, considering you could have killed me.”
“I was ninety percent sure.”
“I see,” Clary said. There must have been something in her voice, because he turned to look at her. Her hand cracked across his face, a slap that rocked him back on his heels. He put his hands on his cheek, more in surprise than pain.
“What the hell was that for?”
“The other ten percent.”

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.”

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”

“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”

“The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living.”

“Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.”