I suppose that, after the passion of love, water rights have caused more trouble than anything else to the human species.

I suspected, however, that I wasn't homesick for anything I would find at home when I returned. The longing was for what I wouldn't find: the past and all the people and places there were lost to me.

It is one of the strongest bonds, I think, that can spring up between people: sharing a passion for certain books and their authors.

And who's to say that just because something lasts only a short time, it has little value?

But instead of spending our lives running towards our dreams, we are often running away from a fear of failure or a fear of criticism.

Tune in to the intuitive messages emanating from your heart. They are the essence of who you are and who you wish to become.

It's only after you upgrade to a better technology that you realize how obsolete the previous one has now become.

Growing up, in church we had the homily; at home it's what I call the 'momily' - the inspirational and instructive mom-isms that every family has.

Simply allow your thoughts and experiences to come and go, without ever grasping at them.

By patriotism I mean the welfare of the whole people, if I secure it at the hands of my opponent, I should bow down my head to him.

In the financial world it tends to be misleading to state, "There is no free lunch." Rather the more meaningful comment is, "Somebody has to pay for lunch."

Quack: A boastful pretender to arts which he does not understand. A vain boastful pretender to physick; An artful, tricking practitioner in physick.

At the end of the day, the only thing I can do is keep working on it, keep giving myself chances, and it's going to happen.

Pride blinds people to the truth of what they are.