In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network.

The present never ages. Each moment is like a snowflake, unique, unspoiled, unrepeatable, and can be appreciated in its surprisingness.

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living.

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.

Although there are many trial marriages... there is no such thing as a trial child.

With each passage of human growth we must shed a protective structure . We are left exposed and vulnerable - but also yeasty and embryonic again, capable of stretching in ways we hadn't known before.

Husbands come and go; children come and eventually they go. Friends grow up and move away. But the one thing that's never lost is your sister.

The source of continuing aliveness was to find your passion and pursue it, with whole heart and single mind.

If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing.

Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation.

Lying is never the best option, but in some situations it is necessary.

We have to forgive to survive in this labyrinth [of suffering]

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

Ultimately, what I am seeking in the photograph taken of me... is Death: Death is the eidos of that Photograph

Luck is a woman. She's drawn to those that least deserve her.

I know of nothing more valuable, when it comes to the all-important virtue of authenticity, than simply being who you are.

You do feel a certain obligation to shows that raise your profile like 'Downton' has. But there are definitely other exciting opportunities out there.

Christ is risen! There is life, therefore, after death! His resurrection is the symbol and pledge of universal resurrection!

As a theoretical physicist, I feel at once proud and humble at the thought of the illustrious figures that have preceded me here to receive the greatest of all honors in science, the Nobel prize.

My body is a gradual work of art