It is ... through the world of the imagination which takes us beyond the restrictions of provable fact, that we touch the hem of truth.

Our country in general assumes that "the pursuit of happiness" really means "the pursuit of pleasure" and that therefore pleasure is the greatest good.

A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.

The best way to guide children without coercion is to be ourselves.

One cannot be humble and aware of oneself at the same time.

I am slowly coming to understand with all my heart as well as my head that love is not a feeling. It is a person.

I would, quite often, like to be grownup, wise, and sophisticated. But these gifts are not mine.

There is nothing that makes me happier than sitting around the dinner table and talking until the candles are burned down.

When the going gets tough, people bail. When the going gets easy, people get lazy. Honest, smart, hard work is the way to get results.

Where there is loyalty, weapons are of no use.

Anything that makes you feel the most alone also has the greatest power to connect you.

I've always believed clear-eyed sobriety was for the harder hearted.

Cowards suffer, heroes enjoy.

If we have data, let's look at data. If all we have are opinions, let's go with mine.

Your life may have taken a detour, but God is still on the throne. He has brought you this far, and sooner or later, your peace will be restored.

How’s the patient?” asked Derby. “Dead to the world.” “But not actually dead.” “No.” “How nice - to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.

Our children are not going to be just "our children"

The reward of child rearing is spending the rest of your life proudly knowing this person you helped guide. Let him be himself.