Not all or even most suffering is at the hands of fate; it befalls us at our invitation.

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

The whisper of the dusk is night shedding its husk.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

Faith is in your Heart

Yearn to grow in the field of love and bliss not in the field of competition and contemplation.

Yes, I'm married. But my wife understands that a good politician has to be appealing to the ladies. The fact that I haven't even gotten close to cheating on her is a disappointment to us both.

Determination is power. If the prospect be dark, kindle up the fire of resolution that nothing but death can extinguish.

I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down.

Life works best when we think of people as people.

I think the less fracking there is, the better it is for the economy and society.

We must accept all of Gods will for us, not just those portions that happen to appeal and bring instant gratification and pleasure to us.

After two takes you're imitating yourself.

You must learn to see the world as being produced by evolution; as a something which is evolving and becoming, not as a finished work.