Magic is a matter of focusing the disciplined will. But sometimes the will must be abandoned. The secret lies in knowing when to exercise control, and when to let go.

Nobody had been more surprised than Jack to discover that when he was happy, he wanted to make others happy. What a soggy lot of rubbish, but there you had it.

Everyone has two choices. We're either full of love... or full of fear.

To live in the present, we must deeply believe that what is most important is in the here and now.

The climate stubbornly refuses to co-operate with computer models and the writers of alarmist popular articles and books.

You can justify, from a political standpoint, any type of violence you want to use.

Serendipity looks a lot like creativity, at least at a distance, and if I can tap into these ways in which one thing resembles another.

Imprudence relies on luck, prudence on method. That gives prudence less edge than it expects.

I love the fact that the present is the only real reality we have.

It is our imagination, not our conscience, which makes us better than the beasts of the field.

Try not to let your emotions affect your judgement.