A learned man is not learned in all things; but a sufficient man is sufficient throughout, even to ignorance itself.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

She read and read and read, but she was stuffing herself with the letters on the page like an unhappy child stuffing itself with chocolate. They didn’t taste bad, but she was still unhappy.

The most important people are the once who loved me when i was hardly likable

Dogs are blameless, devoid of calculation, neither blessed nor cursed with human motives. They can't really be held responsible for what they do. But we can."--from The Dogs of Bedlam Farm

The thing is most people are afraid to step out, to take a chance beyond their established identity.

Shame: We all have it. It's that gremlin that says 'I'm not enough.' Or, if you're feeling pretty confident,...'ooh, who do you think you are?' Shame always has a seat.

I'm doing a book, 'Chasing Science,' about the pleasures of science as a spectator sport.

Life is a bit hard sometimes, and sometimes you have to step up and fight fights that you never signed up for.

I'm a complete democrat in terms of who buys my books.

When Jesus died on the cross and cried out, 'It is finished!' He not only died for our sins, but for our diseases too.

The leaves that are green turn to brown. And they wither with the wind. And they crumble in your hand.