Quite a ride. I’ll remember it for the rest of my life. Unfortunately it had to stop short both times here.

As Sarah watched them (Abraham and Isaac) move briskly along, she thought of the whole journey behind her. Her childhood in the Ur-of-the North, the temple of Asherah, her father’s house, the Euphrates in flood...

Cheat your landlord if you can — and must — but do not try to shortchange the Muse.

Satisfaction is not the achievement of what we want, but the awareness of what we have.

When your mind is tranquil, happy and peaceful, you will find peace everywhere.

My yesterdays are disappearing, and my tomorrows are uncertain, so what do I live for? I live for each day. I live in the moment. Some tomorrow soon, I’ll forget that I stood before you...

If you look for the beautiful, for a solution, for the positive, then you’ve won at life.

Each time a language dies, another flame goes out, another sound goes silent.

From kindness comes courage.

I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It’s awful. If I’m on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I’m going, I’m liable...

The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life,the stronger the enemy’s temptations

You have to be silent, but ready

The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.

watch me”for I never did this to fit inor stand outbut to live.

We were not destined to survive. The fact is, we were not destined at all. The war would take what it could get.

I cannot tell if what the world considers ‘happiness’ is happiness or not. All I know is that when I consider the way they go about attaining it, I see them carried away headlong, grim...

Being unique – be yourself, only so you’ll distinguish yourself out of the ”grey” and motionless reality. Train positive perception of the surrounding things.

Death—I’m a nonmember for life.

Know ye not that there is here in this world a secret confraternity, which one might call the Company of Melancholiacs? That people there are who by natural constitution have been given a different nature...

I got nothing to lose cause i got nothing.

Bean finds the best apple in our tree and hands it up to me. “You know what this tastes like when you first bite into it?” she asks. “No, what?” “Blue sky.” “You’re zoomed.” “You...

Some of the greater things in life are unseen; that’s why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry, or dream.

I am the symbol of peaceI am the humanityI am the symbol of goodness I am the communityI am the symbol of changeI am the light in darknessI am the symbol of compassion I am...

Barnabas’s voice helps me drift off to sleep. I think briefly about how I’ve never felt this way about anyone else. I care about my family and friends, but this is a different feeling. This...

I like strangers, they say the nicest things

Your thoughts are certain kinds of seeds in your life. You can water them and allow them to grow on fertile soil. Or, you can let them diminish and wither amongst the weeds. Be careful...

No matter wherever you are,share your joy to make this world joyful and better.

The secret to kicking ass in dumbshit Hollywood… Every time you meet someone, make a fucking impression. Make them think you’re the hottest shit in the world. Make them think they’re gonna lose their job...

I think no matter where you go, you’ll be happy as long as you know why you’re there.

This is the first time in my life I haven’t really gauged (his chances of making the team). I don’t know how many pitchers they’re going to carry; I don’t know who’s a lock to...

You are what you believe in. You become that which you believe you can become

Take time to sense the abundance we have, as we don’t have an abundance of time.

I believe there are beautiful things seen by the astronauts. The indications revealed. That few of us realize life is quite surreal

A life of short duration…could be so rich in joy and love that it could contain more meaning than a life lasting eighty years.

I was not merely cleaning an oven; I was improving the world.

Why do old people drive slow? They have the least amount of time left on earth, so you’d think they’d drive the fastest, to make the best use of what little time they have.

Among leaders who have made the greatest impact through ages, I would consider Muhammad before Jesus Christ.

Sometimes not much is just enough.

Birthday, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, why must there be a special day to show we care or Love someone? Wouldn’t life be more joyful for everyone if we made every day a celebration...

It was the kind of terrified look that reminds you that no matter how rational or grown up a person might seem, some part of him is absolutely sure – knows – that an evil...

It’s called ”being an artist” for a reason; it’s something YOU ARE. It’s how you live. It’s WHO you are. How you spend your life and what you leave behind.

Opening up to the wrong person is like putting ammo in their hands.

The next I’m standing on a street corner in Madrid with a secret phone and a hole in my arm and I’m bleeding all over, hoping I don’t get arrested. It was completely crazy. But...

…no moment cares, and the ones you wish could stretch out like a hammock for you to lie in, well, those moments leave the quickest and take everything good with them, little burglars, those moments,...

Let happiness bloomIn the freshness of your mind,In the gentle wind of your thoughts.On the ground of kindness and compassion.

Maybe this is a second doctoral program: advanced learning about life, death, marriage, mothering, family, faith, patience, prayer. My degree will be ‘Doctor of Life,’ and I will be in good company. So many of...

Books are Apologize from Life

When it is all said and done, in the final analysis, a person is only remembered by the impact he/she has had on another person’s life.

Be careful who you allow into your bed, and more importantly your heart.

… so this is for us.This is for us who sing, write, dance, act, study, run and loveand this is for doing it even if no one will ever knowbecause the beauty is in the...