No path leads from a knowledge of that which is to that which should be.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

The minute more than two people know a secret, it is no longer a secret.

To what faults do you feel most indulgent? To the ones that arise from urgent material needs.

You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.

Gratitude flows from the recognition that who we are and what we have are gifts to be received and shared.

Friendship is identification and difference

If I were not a child with my parents, they would be more unloving toward me.

Like any of life's refining fires, cancer is a potentially profound learning experience. So what did I learn? I learned that profound learning experiences are vastly overrated.

I've never had anyone say they love me before. Libby lobes me, that is true, but there is something a bit menacing about the way she says it.

I do believe in sexual monogamy.

Beauty is also a Gift of God, one of the most rare and precious, and we should be thankful if we are happy enough to possess it and thankful, if we are not, that others possess it for our pleasure.