I, too, seem to be a connoisseur of rain, but it does not fill me with joy; it allows me to steep myself in a solitude I nurse like a vice I've refused to vanquish.

When it comes to life, we spin our own yarn, and where we end up is really, in fact, where we always intended to be.

And then there's the personal question so many of Lassie's fans want to ask: Is he allowed on the furniture? Of course he is-but, then, he's the one who paid for it.

Mind who you love. For that matter, mind how you are loved.

When most of us talk to our dogs, we tend to forget that they're not people.

I see life as increasingly complex, vivid, colorful, crazy, chaotic. That's the world I write about...the world I live in.

Never talk yourself out of knowing you're in love or into thinking that you are.

Now is almost always the better choice. You never know about later.

I'd rather be pleasantly surprised than fatally disappointed.

Of all the virtues, discretion began to seem the most rewarding: it kept people guessing and sometimes, by default, admiring.

Knowing and understanding the people we love most is a process that continues well beyond their deaths... and is never complete.

I welcome all butterflies into my heart because that feeling is a constant reminder of how alive and full of love I truly am.

It's so hard to find the place somewhere in the middle of the best and worst I've felt.

Act with though awareness and love in the present moment then you will never need to worry about the thought of regret.

A man must make of his life a ladder that he never ceases to climb -- if you're not rising, you are slipping down the rungs, my friend.

If you like my poems let them walk in the evening, a little behind you

It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.

Exercise is really for the brain, not the body. It affects mood, vitality, alertness, and feelings of well-being.

Include the knower in the known.

Ability without honor is useless.

When I exercise, I feel better, emotionally and physically.