Superficial people find the extraordinary fascinating, and profound people find the ordinary riveting.

My ideas about time all developed from the realization that if nothing were to change we could not say that time passes. Change is primary, time, if it exists at all, is something we deduce from it.

If nothing happened, if nothing changed, time would stop. For time is nothing but change. It is change we see occurring all around us, not time. In fact, time doesn't exist.

If you experience any emotion like frustration, hesitation or anger, while planning your dream life, means you need to clear some mental blocks.

Cussing like a commoner wasn't something I was tested on. I picked that habit up outside of high school.

By understanding the nuances of the world around you and how to survive the temptations, you can rule anything. Even yourself

The problem was the mask... couldn't be taken off... so much time has been on my face...

This apple tree is not the first one I draw, but perhaps the thousandth. I feel the sap rise to its spreading branches. I feel in my toes how its roots grip the earth.

Life changes when you least expect it to. The future is uncertain. So, seize this day, seize this moment, and make the most of it.

Life isn't an Island, you have to have other people in your life.

Our view of the law is that it - if somebody is here without sufficient documentation, that is not reason for deportation.

Bel canto is to opera what pole-vaulting is to ballet.

The whip degrades; a severe father teaches his children to dissemble; their love is pretense, and their obedience a species of self-defense. Fear is the father of lies.