Praise requires constant renewal and expansion.

Talk uses up ideas. Once I have spoken them aloud, they are lost to me, dissipated into the noisy air like smoke. Only if I bury them, like bulbs, in the rich soil of silence do they grow.

Old age is somewhat like dieting. Every day there is less of us to be observed.

My old friend, water, my good companion, my beloved mother and father: I am its most natural offspring.

one keeps one's friends better when one is alone. The corollary to this is that one loses one's friends, slowly, when one sees them too often or when they visit for too long a time.

What others regard as retreat from them or rejection of them is not those things at all but instead a breeding ground for greater friendship, a culture for deeper involvement, eventually, with them.

A hand up is worthier than one's own fist grasping a higher rung of the ladder.

Writers are entirely egocentric. To them, few things in their lives have meaning or importance unless they give promise of serving some creative purpose.

We were determined by public opinions of us. Would we think we existed without outside confirmation? And how long would we live apart from others before we began to doubt our existence?

My eyes glaze over at a writer solving tiny problems.

Talk uses up ideas. ... Once I have spoken them aloud they are lost to me dissipated into the noisy air like smoke. Only if I bury them like bulbs in the rich soil of silence do they grow.

Proper process, should not hinder progress. Too much focus on process, has left many blind to measured, tangible progress.

Don't be vain. What you look like doesn't matter. It's the deed that matters.

In this current generation, the church is not prospering in its mandate to extend kingdom principles throughout culture

You cannot let where you are today cause you to get stuck. I'm going to be my best right now. That's what faith is all about.

What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we can't even measure yet.

The point is to solve problems, not point fingers.

For too long, tricks and traps in mortgages, credit cards, and other financial transactions have stripped wealth from working families.

it's always best to tell the truth.

Be the best at what you're good at

For what good turn? Messenger: For the best turn of the bed.