Metaphors think with the imagination and the senses. The hot chili peppers in them explode in the mouth and the mind.

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.

By all evidence we are in the world to do nothing.

So these things happen, deep in our lives. We do not speak of them. We hide them even from ourselves, but they do not leave us.

When everything was right, something was bound to go wrong. (Jessica)

In other parts of the world where I go, people are worried about, Jeez, you know, I really wanted to buy my kids shoes this year.

I've always taken the philosophy that you have to dream a little in this sport. If you stay in your comfort zone, you're not going to do anything special.

I find that the people who don't eat as much candy are really into heavy protein, like steak. I don't eat that.

With all the clever brains in America it would be great to see more investment and focus on this essential research!

People ask me, 'Would you ever want to play professional golf?' And I'm like, 'No. No, no, no, no. Just because I can hit a good shot every now and then doesn't make me a pro.'

The best plan is only a plan... unless it degerates into work.

Keep your own house and its surroundings pure and clean. This hygiene will keep you healthy and benefit your worldly life.