And as we know from the pilgrimage diaries of Swami Ramdas, it is when we renounce everything that everything is given to us, in abundance. Everything: meaning the intensity of presence itself.

Think while walking, walk while thinking, and let writing be but the light pause, as the body on a walk rests in contemplation of wide open spaces.

You lift your head, you’re on your way, but really just to be walking, to be out of doors. That’s it, that’s all, and you’re there. Outdoors is our element: the exact sensation of living there.

How much time do I get in exchange for that rose?”For the rose, a short engagement. For the speech, you get a lifetime.”I can live with that, ” he said, and kissed her.

In common with librarians the world over, the two women were used to dealing with a disproportionate quota of odd people acting strangely.

I thank you for not snoring.

I wrote about people who liked fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in its flank was wonderful.

Dreams should make you think, ‘If I had the guts to do it and I didn’t care what anybody thought, this I what I’d really do’.

Truly wealth, which men spend all their lives in acquiring, is a valueless thing at the last.

God does not show us the whole way but only the next step. His promise is, "I will counsel you with my eye upon you".

We just kind of did our own thing and got made fun of by the popular kids. It was kind of like a badge of honor to be an outcast.

Children are to be welcomed, cherished, protected.

If not for John Adams leading a revolution against Great Britain...This would be the BAFTAs.