Leave a door open long enough, a cat will enter. Leave food, it will stay.

You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin again the story of your life.

The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer. One ripens apples, the other turns them to cider.

Zen pretty much comes down to three things -- everything changes; everything is connected; pay attention.

How fragile we are, between the few good moments.

Habit, laziness, and fear conspire to keep us comfortably within the familiar.

How silently the heart pivots on its hinge.

Existence itself is nothing if not an amazement. Good poems restore amazement.

Something looks back from the trees, and knows me for who I am.

In sorrow, pretend to be fearless. In happiness, tremble.

You must try, the voice said, to become colder. I understood at once. It's like the bodies of gods: cast in bronze, braced in stone. Only something heartless could bear the full weight.

Before you eat the elephant, make sure you know what parts you want to eat.

He looked very tired, a regard which manifested itself not in dark circles, or pallor, but a dreamy and bright-cheeked sadness.

Wisdom grows in quiet places.

In high seas or in low seas, I'm gonna be your friend... I'm gonna be your friend. In high tide or in low tide, I'll be by your side... I'll be by your side.

If you want to be around in 10 years you've got to do something to differentiate yourself from the pack.

People doing the kind of sound research that I'm interested in still have a difficult time.

It is not always them that has the most that makes the most show.

We've had American TV shows in Britain for years and that hasn't affected our culture at all.

Humble people dont get Offended easily.

Our mothers and fathers want change. They worked all of their lives, but today live in destitution.