One never stops climbing, Julie, unless he wants to stop and vegetate. There’s always something just ahead.

...I wondered why so much had been written about love's pain and so little about the glorious relief of being delivered from love's pain.

I was especially perceptive to all things beautiful that morning—raspberries in blue china bowls were enough to make the heart sing.

that old Mrs. Bishop was lacking in the qualities that make a good mother. And saying it that way makes her sound a good deal better than she really was.

Speranța e doar în infinitul posibilităților.

As long as poverty & hunger is prevalent in any continent or country, then the world at large is never safe.

Someone who see's the invisible can do the impossible

I don't take drugs, I take books.

Everyone needs a small-town banker. Especially in a big town.

My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.

I see myself in pop culture. I listen to pop music, I do pop things, and I'm also a scientist.

Some folks think I painted Lincoln from life, but I haven't been around that long. Not quite.

There is a buddhist proverb which I like a lot. It says: "Every body deserves mercy". That means that every body is holy.

I don't mind it if blacks want equal rights, as long as they mean rights equal to a dog