I recently went for a walk in a state park and found that some of my favorite trees had collapsed. It makes me feel vulnerable, personally and for my children.

The stars don't have to be perfectly aligned for me to do a good job.

You are beautiful and you matter.

I like the idea that neither makes any romantic move until their philosophies are aligned.

More stuff and more money don't bring more happiness.

I can still function when I don't have that balance I crave.

I'm most often surrounded by people, so what I usually crave is time alone.

I always feel more grounded and stable when I have balance in my life; I'm a Libra!

Who can stand the weight of God's wrath?

A beautiful battle is one you don't have to fight

The surface of American life looks smooth, prosperous, peaceful. But underneath, fault-line shifts in family and work life have led us into what some have called 'advanced insecurity.

Never feel this bad again. Never come back to this place, where only a knife will do. Live a gentle and kind life. Don't do things that make you want to hurt yourself.

How can both Nics, the loving and considerate and generous one, and the self-obsessed and self-destructive one, be the same person?

I just like to keep working and being able to pay my bills.

As a father of young girls, I want to publicly thank all women who dress and carry themselves like ladies. Your example is a gift.

Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true.

I guess we're really brothers, aren't we? Don't know what that means, except it means that some of the same things we remember.

Our priests are not what a silly populace supposes; all their learning consists in our credulity.