Extinguish even the wee annoyance, as it will grow to become evil!

Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine.

I think humans are just hard-wired to process people's faces and understand meaning and expression at such a more granular level than other types of communication.

Time doesn't heal, I had learned, it just keeps moving. And it takes us with it.

What is time for if not to bless?

Desire is the root of selfishness; clear your heart of desire and be selfless. Selflessness is the key to inner peace.

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf.

Rather than saying, 'My checking account is a wreck,' change it to 'I will learn how to track my spending and balance my checkbook.'

A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.

Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality.

I'd love to be in Paul McCartney's shoes for a day. I'd love to pick up a guitar and write songs like he does. Or to experience what it might have been like to be a Beatle for a day.