Not romance but companionship makes the happiness of daily life.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

When the going gets tough the tough get going.

In a world filled with causes for worry and anxiety . . . we need the peace of God standing guard over our hearts and minds.

The doubter is a true man of science: he doubts only himself and his interpretations, but he believes in science.

Commandments are opportunities to exercise our agency and to receive blessings.

What I do, I want to do with all my being.

To have fame follow us is well, but it is not a desirable avant-courier.

It's almost like when you're young, your friends take on the romance role, and then guys take on the role of your friends later.

When we consciously and deliberately develop new and better habits, our self image tends to outgrow the old habits and grow into the new pattern.

The soul - your soul - knows all there is to know all the time. There's nothing hidden to it, nothing unknown. Yet knowing is not enough. The soul seeks to experience.

Contemporary culture is not very good on responsibility.