But the key to our marriage is the capacity to give each other a break. And to realize that it's not how our similarities work together; it's how our differences work together.

The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do.

If you fixate on the worst-case scenario and it actually happens, you’ve lived it twice.

Family is not an important thing. It's everything.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.

At the end of the race nobody really cares about how you started, so stay laser focused and finish strong. Get ready to proclaim "I did it!

I have a smile 24/7.

Nonresistance, nonjudgment, and nonattachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living.

War provides jobs, profits, political payoffs, research funds, and forms of political and economic power that reach into every aspect of society.

The sooner you make your first five thousand mistakes the sooner you will be able to correct them.

When I need to work up my nerve to write a tough column, I try to think of myself as Emma Peel in a black leather catsuit.

Patience helps us to view imperfections in others more generously to the end that we may learn to be more wise than they have been.

I would not come in. I meant not even if asked, And I hadn't been.

I like stubborn players. At least they have an opinion. If they are right or wrong, this doesn't matter for me.

We didn't realize we were making memories we just knew we were having fun.