Apparently you have ample proof from experience that you're not going to stop world evil by debating your in-laws into submission, so it's okay to choose not to try.

There's nothing wrong with being happy somewhere, even if it's the little pond you grew up in, as long as you are in fact comfortable vs. bored.

Minimizing exposure to miserable people is nothing short of a life strategy.

Relationships are complicated, but happiness in a relationship isn't: It's just wanting exactly what you have. Wanting something else is dispiriting.

I do crosswords when I have time to kill somewhere, and am 100 percent successful on filling in the spots I get stuck on - after I close up, do something else, and then go back to it.

No matter what else comes, your courage will be your companion for life.

It's hard to send your baby off on a plane without you, though that's less reasonable, because sending him off in a car is statistically a bigger risk.

You don't want someone who can't tell the difference between having a different opinion and dismissing your opinion.

When in doubt, respond to what you witness, not what you hear secondhand.

Instead of talking at each other about the non-business-related contact, talk to each other about your concerns about marriage. Listen a lot, too.

When people get more frustrated by their indecision than by the situation that prompted it, clarity often follows.

Defeat the warriors of patience and time with Cosmic Ordering.

Winning is something, but participation is everything.

If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out.

Chance often gives us that which we should not have presumed to ask.

Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me.

This is what I call participation in the world of ideas. That is what art-making is.

If you date someone who isn't very good-looking but makes you laugh, you will never forget it.

If you don't want to grow old, then slow down the slowing down process.

Man pines to live but cannot endure the days of his life.

Common sense is not an issue in politics--it's an affliction.