I have no particular plan in life - and that's something I rather like. Most things that people do seem to me to be rather dull and silly. In my ideal life I'd be left alone to read

As he becomes self-conscious, he's no longer part of nature.

but there was nothing I could do to dim the supernovae exploding inside my brain, an endless chain of intra cranial firecrackers

We can only become a better person if we have the inclination and the resolve, only if we accept that life is a learning curve and all experiences add something to our personality.

I thought parenting was going to reveal my strengths, never realizing that God had ordained it to reveal my weaknesses.

Because of our interconnectedness we all know that extreme poverty and exclusionary practices are violations against the basic dignity of people.

But a problem occurs about nothing. For that from which something is made is a cause of the thing made from it; and, necessarily,every cause contributes some assistance to the effect's existence.

Trust has shifted from institutions to individuals.

Small towns are sometimes like that; familiarity runs high, while regard for personal space is low, if nonexistent.

By honoring the lives of those we admire, we make our own values known.

No really great man ever thought himself so.