A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

If you think happiness is a rare bird you won't see much of it.

My worldview, my philosophy, my attitudes, my relationships, my parenting, my marriage - everything has been transformed by my relationship with Christ.

The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.

Too many dots," Miller said. "Not enough lines.

Become dust - and they will throw thee in the air; Become stone - and they will throw thee on glass.

Mindfulness, as defined by the Buddha, means awareness of incessant change, of arising and vanishing, inside of your own body, which is the ultimate reality of your own life.

It's a moral question.

I don't like to do too much psychological research because it might turn a character into a patchwork.

Never mind what a man says; watch what he does.

In a painting, you can't make out whether the artist painted the left eye before the right eye. In Chinese calligraphy, you can see the progression of the artist's stroke.