I would live in a world of Christ-like humans, but not one full of Christians, may God forgive me.

It is better to listen to a crow that lives in trees than to a learned man who lives only in ideas.

It is noble to pity a man who is cruel because he is weak, but it is idiotic and dangerous to allow him to have power.

Use words to please, to instruct, to soothe. Then stop speaking.

Knowledge often spoils devotion.

The past is made out of facts... I guess the future is just hope.

...the sweetness of grace and freedom comes hand in hand with the uncomfortable, bitter-rawness of honest emotions and grief.

Given a choice, I would never want a life totally devoid of pain, but life is meaningless without some sadness.

I have my moments, I just can't remember where I put them.

The most important thing of all was not the poverty of its ess

It's my object to be stared at like a dog that's just been shown a card trick.

Mindfulness, by helping us notice our impulses before we act, gives us the opportunity to decide whether to act and how to act

I thought very seriously having something more like a normal life where I might have my weekends and evenings off, and be able to read and have a more robust personal life.

When it becomes hard for me not to eat bad food, I try to think about what I have to do and what is ahead of me and what I want to achieve.

I think our animals are angels, earth-angels, pointing out for us the steadfast path of love, loyalty, optimism, faith, joy, hope. They teach us everything important about life.