Stay out of the court of self-judgment, for there is no presumption of innocence.

There are people who live their whole lives on the default settings, never realizing you can customize.

There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate.

There is no such thing as gratitude unexpressed. If it is unexpressed, it is plain, old-fashioned ingratitude.

If you feel you are down on your luck, check the level of your effort.

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.

I count myself lucky, having long ago won a lottery paid to me in seven sunrises a week for life.

Most of us don't need a psychiatric therapist as much as a friend to be silly with.

The advantage of growing up with siblings is that you become very good at fractions.

If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden.

The imagination is a palette of bright colors. You can use it to touch up memories — or you can use it to paint dreams.

The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight.

The wonders of a journey consist far more of such intangible experiences and unexpected situations than of factual things and events of material reality.

In some ways, all our experiences of God are beyond belief, because all conceptual beliefs pale when compared to the experiential reality.

Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.

Blessed are the dead that the rain falls on.

I believe in rules of behavior, and I'm quite interested in stories about the consequences of breaking those rules.

My greatest lesson in composition was looking at paintings.

I remain faithful to the ideals of Imam Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution of 1357.

In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world which motivates my scientific thinking to this day.

I can tweet before going to bed at midnight or 1 and know that they're up and at 'em, and they're going to have to respond.