Being alone in our present society raises an important question about identity and well-being.

Gardening gave me a way to work with silence; not "in silence" but "with silence" - it was a silent creativity.

It is not simply that we share with each other a common humanity, but that individually we have no humanity without each other.

We think we are unique, special and deserving of happiness, but we are terrified of being alone.

My father taught me to be independent and cocky and free thinking, but he could not stand it if I disagreed with him.

Art is an artificial organization of experience.

Art forms render ideas accessible to readers who could not receive those insights in any other format.

You can have a failed quest, but you can't have an achieved quest and no reward.

You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.

We're all destined for greater things in life. How you execute your plans to achieve that greatness lies solely in your hands.

With full appreciation, count your blessings no matter how small they might seem. Gratitude and unconditional self-love are the best gifts that you could ever give to your inner-self.

Come meet my dog.""What's the dog's name?""Justice.""Nice touch for a judge. A dog named Justice.

It was a storm in a tea cup but in politics we sail in paper boats.

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.

There are places that are very draining. There are places where there is another dimensional crossover but to a dimension that is not powerful at all.

If you would venture, let your mind be bold . . . not reckless but bold.

We refuse to believe that this present world is the sum total of human existence.

Bless me Father, I ate a lizard.