Terrorists act as they do because they don't have great power at their easy disposal. The result is that they rely upon the ability to exploit the mistakes of others.

Human beings, joined in collaboration with the gifts of grace, are responsible for the planet and its future.

Creation is too grand, complex, and mysterious to be captured in a narrow creed. That is why we cherish individual freedom of belief.

It is axiomatic that the attempt to become a Sufi through a desire for personal power as normally understood will not succeed.

If you do not take opportunity   to   advance and reward   the   deserving,    your subordinates will not carry out your commands, and disaster will ensue.

If I hadn’t stopped to thank the ghoul, I might not be covered in rotting, slimy, dead guy. I shook my head ruefully and continued walking. No good deed goes unpunished.

Every once in a while your world stands still... There are certain friendships that are so important they leave a mark on you long after the person is gone.

Practice like the Devil.

I don't think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write.

When you are winning too much, sometimes you think you should never lose again. I am learning to lose.

If you're a working mom, you're still expected to be a super-mom at home, buy organic food, put dinner on the table every night, and do all the research into preschools. It's really hard.

Believe in yourself and you can achieve greatness in your life.

It thrilled through him when he first felt the keel answer to his hand on the spokes and slide over the long hollows as the foresail scythed back and forth against the blue sky.