Evil travels the world in anonymity, its presence revealed only by the periodic consequences of its desires...

Strange how the deepest part of us isn't able to speak more clearly to the part of us that lives only here in the shallows of the world.

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In eighty-six years, child, I've learned the world is a far more mysterious place than most people realize and that every moment of life is woven through with meaning.

Darkness doesn't fall at a predictable schedule. Darkness can overwhelm you any time of the day, as you know well.

But the line between moral behavior and narcissistic self-righteousness is thin and difficult to discern

Every journey has a destination, known or unknown.

If patterns exist in our seemingly patternless lives — and they do — then the law of harmony insists that the most harmonious of all patterns, circles within circles, will most often assert itself.

The greatest danger, of course, was to believe that I was equal to them, because assurance can morph into arrogance that Death loves to prove unfounded.

To get through life successfully, body and soul must translate each other correctly more often than not.

Duty is a good thing, a calling without which no civilization can survive, but it is also a weight and chain that sometimes seems sure to sink you to the airless bottom of a dark pool

We have to live a life that is more revolutionary than that of the revolutionaries.

Pebbles that bring you joy are better than diamonds that bring you sorrow.

He was dazed, the soft thoughts sinking slowly in. A son. Even a daughter. His child. Immortality. A chance to make good. Pass on the hard lessons learned.

Just remember, the single most important thing in this world is love. You find it, you fight for it.

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

. . . the great thing to learn about life is, first, not to do what you don't want to do, and, second, to do what you do want to do.

An interview is like a minefield.

When I finish a workout, I feel pretty sexy. Even though I'm sweaty and I don't smell like a rose, I feel strong. It does a lot for me mentally and physically.

I know exactly how and where I am going to die. The only question is when.

I guess I'm lucky to have been blindsided. I'm lucky to have gotten into fistfights, in a way. I'm lucky I learned how to stop them.