Our love of being right is best understood as our fear of being wrong

The miracle of your mind isn't that you can see the world as it is. It's that you can see the world as it isn't.

The point isn’t to live without any regrets. The point is to not hate ourselves for having them.

If you want to live a life free of regret, there is an option open to you. It's called a lobotomy.

We're terrified of not having the answers, and we would sometimes rather assert an incorrect answer than make our peace with the fact that we really don't know.

without being sure of something, we can not begin to think about everything elses

Wow. I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong.

If it is sweet to be right, then - let's not deny it - it is downright savory to point out that someone else is wrong.

Take away the ability of an intelligent, principled, hard-working mind to get it wrong, and you take away the whole thing.

Regret doesn't remind us that we did badly, it reminds us that we know that we could do better.

both doubt and certainty are as contagious as the common cold

Like rain HOPE trickles little by little at a time so that life may spring up when you're parched.

Two great things happened to me. One was that I survived. The other was that I met you, because I knew why

I'm a Pisces, and Pisces have this weird inability to be completely spontaneous. We're too conscious of our actions. I've always been way too sensible for my own good.

The problem with most genre fantasy is that it's not nearly fantastic enough. It's escapist, but it can't escape.

I was thinking about New York and realized how much I hate walking around in the winter and how much I dread getting on the train.

People must learn how to think well to achieve their dreams and to reach their potential.

When from a long distant past nothing subsists after the things are broken and scattered, the smell and taste of things remain.

I am made of earth, and my song made of words.

Since we are [Christ's] body, we too are the bread that is broken for others. Our failures help heal other lives; our very tears help wipe away tears; our being hated helps those we love.

People don't choose their calling, it chooses them.