Charity and personal force are the only investments worth anything.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

We were together. I forget the rest.

Either define the moment or the moment will define you.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.

When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God.

To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.

There is nothing more deceptive, more grandeur, than the delusion of a single man.

For me, novels coalesce into being, rather than arrive fully formed.

Good families always ritualize the table. You can say, "This is a Christmas meal; this is a birthday meal."

Art is about paying attention.

If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both.

It's just been a long week, that's all." "It's monday night, Jess." "My point exactly.

My daughters are here, and that makes me feel good. And with the spirit of Nick Ashford, I think I'll make it through. I have no choice.