Only God can fully satisfy the hungry heart of man.

Friendship cannot become permanent unless it becomes spiritual. There must be fellowship in the deepest things of the soul, community in the highest thoughts, sympathy with the best endeavors.

At the heart of happiness lies peace. It is the last and the highest attainment of the soul.

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first.

No friendship has done its work until it reaches the supremest satisfaction of spiritual communion.

The fear of God kills all other fears.

What we feel is as true a fact as what we think.

Friendship means to be a strong hand in the dark to another in the time of need.

We walk among worlds unrealized until we have learned the secret of love.

The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose aiming at something outside self.

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose aiming at something outside self.

I swiftly discovered that there are few things in DIY (and possibly life) that can't be solved with a large mallet, a bag of ten-centimetre nails and some swearing.

Mass amateurization of publishing makes mass amateurization of filtering a forced move.

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.

I'm satisfied to go in at the bottom - that's the best way to learn what things are all about.

Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine.

If we’re going to talk about transport, I would say that the great city is not the one that has highways, but one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can go safely everywhere.

Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.

In a strange way, becoming a grandfather is like starting your life over.

I have sparred with commenters as a music writer (on The Rumpus, among other places, see e.g., my review about Taylor Swift), and that was plenty of training!

Sunglasses are a bit like watches for me - a real obsession. My favourites are Oakleys, Ray-Bans and Wileys, which are worn by the U.S. military.