One of the good elements of old age is that we no longer have to prove anything, to ourselves or to anyone else. We are what we are.

We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.

What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.

There are some griefs so loud/They could bring down the sky/And there are griefs so still/None knows how deep they lie.

A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.

It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

Our assignment has never been about what we can do for God, but what can God do through us.

Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling thier missions.

Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl.

You think of stars as ambitious or aggressive or self-oriented.

If I have to win one game, I’d have a hard time taking anybody over Dustin Pedroia as my second baseman.

Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a socialist.

A fantastic positive ATTITUDE makes a great day! SMILE!

I've never been able to do just one draft. That seems a wonderful thing. Do you know anyone who can?

I sometimes feel that racism is getting worse.