In Tsurani culture, forgiveness was simply a less shameful form of weakness than capitulation.

Life is problems. Living is solving problems.

I'm a huge fan of Cabernet and Bordeaux, and am passionate about Pinot Noir and Burgundies.

There is no idea so brilliant or original that a sufficiently-untalented writer can't screw it up.

A hero is someone who simply got too frightened to use his good sense and run away, then somehow lived through it all.

But for the most part, love is a recognition, an opportunity to say, 'There is something about you I cherish.

Often I'll try things that just won't happen the way I'd like them to, so hearing that they're not working saves me some wear and tear the next time around.

Never accept the proposition that just because a solution satisfies a problem, that it must be the only solution.

Every person you encounter, whom you interact with, is there to teach you something. Sometimes it may be years before you realize what each had to show you.

I know you'll think this odd, but I find it strangely exhilarating not knowing what's coming next.

If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work.

There are all kinds of courage in the world, and most of it takes place far from battlefields.

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

I am not one of those people who will ever be comfortable mocking or making caricatures of the stereotypes attached to any community.

I believe the angels listen, God hears us pray. And I believe in a beautiful day.

There is a blessedness surely to be believed, and that is that everything abides in eternal ecstasy, now and forever.

My love life doesn't stink; it's nonexistent.

Direct observation of the luminous essence of nature is for me indispensable

The listener has a responsibility that not everyone wants to take, especially if you are putting on the new Top 40 record.

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.