None of us plan--or intend--to get into trouble. The problem is, we don't plan not to.

One of the primary reasons we don't seek counsel from the wise people around us is that we already know what we are going to hear--and we just don't want to hear it.

Our greatest moral regrets are always preceded by a series of unwise choices.

Relationships are built on small, consistent deposits of time. You can't cram for what's most important. If you want to connect with your kids, you've got to be available consistently, not randomly.

But in the areas that matter most, a burst of energy and activity cannot reverse the consequences that accompany a season of neglect.

Life is nothing without a little chaos to make it interesting.

My best works are for me. Not for the world.

He was the sort of man who only wanted to be told what he already assumed was true.

Once you know what you want, narrow the options, make your choices, and go for it. But until you do, embrace not knowing.

We took on things which people might think would take a year or two. They weren't particularly hard. What was hard was believing they weren't hard.

We have been through this biennial convulsion four or five different times over the past 10 or 12 years, and now it appears that we are going through this quiet agony all over again.

Tradition is the spreading of fire and not the veneration of ashes.

Scientology is destructive and a rip-off.

Immanuel isn't a pun; he Kant be!

time past and time future what might have been and what has been point to one end, which is always present.