Name the different kinds of people, ’ said Miss Lupescu. ‘Now.’Bod thought for a moment. ‘The living, ’ he said. ‘Er. The dead.’ He stopped. Then, ‘... Cats?’ he offered, uncertainly.

Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.

Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken.

Nearly' only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades.

You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it.

If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.

Really, he thought, if you couldn't trust a poet to offer sensible advice, who could you trust?

If you, as a parent, raise your children well, they won't need you anymore. If you did it properly, they go away.

If you want to call it that. But it is a very specific sort of magic. There's a magic you take from death. Something leaves the world, something else comes into it.

Bod shrugged. "So?" he said. "It's only death. I mean, all of my best friends are dead.

Leave no path untaken.

Faith is intrinsic to humanity and the freedom to practice one's religion is a right no power can deny

Art was the first casualty of the Socialist and Communist revolutions of the 20th Century. Socialists killed the independent thinkers first.

Most people do not go to the dentist until they have a toothache; most societies do not reform abuses until the victims begin to make life uncomfortable for others.

A lot of success in life and business comes from knowing what you want to avoid: early death, a bad marriage, etc.

To follow Story is to understand the path of healing. Each of our stories is a universe. Each one of us is living a story. To discover its shape and essence is essential to soul making.

poverty denotes a lack of necessities and simplicity a lack of needs.

Don't let bridges you cross be bridges you burn.

It means protecting people, showing loving concern for each and every person, especially children, the elderly, those in need, who are often the last we think about.

I always figure from the cradle to the grave, we all have our individual journeys, and maybe my journey was a positive one and I accomplished certain things without stepping on too many toes.

[Identity liberalism] is about recognition and self-definition. It's narcissistic. It's isolating. It looks within. And it also makes two contradictory claims on people.