My eye is fixed not on the ending of the book but on the feeling of that ending.

I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority.

In this very breath that we take now lies the secret that all great teachers try to tell us.

The purpose of our life is to help others through it.

Anyone who thinks they can save the world is both wrong and dangerous

Have you seen the snow leopard? No! Isn't that wonderful?

If we were doomed to live forever, we would scarcely be aware of the beauty around us.

Simultaneously I am myself, the child I was, the old man I will be.

The concept of conservation is a far truer sign of civilization than that spoilation of a continent which we once confused with progress.

How could I say that I wished to penetrate the secrets of the mountains in search of something still unknown that, like the yeti, might well be missed for the very fact of searching?

Be light, light, light - full of light!

Let an eagle's stance in life be your stance too: Noble and powerful!

I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12 - Jesus, did you?

Put down that bottle and pickup an Oreo instead...you"ll live longer! #JustSaying

Ethics is a skill

There is dignity in work only when it is work freely accepted.

I fear no man, no beast or evil, brother.

What is "martinizing" and why does it only take one hour?

William Stillman's Autism and the God Connection is a sensitive and illuminating work which could dramatically change how we view autism.

So many things happen for every event, and if you try to manipulate it, it means you are struggling against the whole universe, and that's just silly.

O, Great Spirit, open my eyes, open heart's wings, open my ears to your voice in all things.