The darkness declares the glory of light.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.

I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life's supreme complications.

April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.

The journey, Not the destination matters.

I am as abundant as the universe because I am a child of the universe.

We balance probabilities and choose the most likely. It is the scientific use of the imagination.

The great crime of our time, says Vonnegut, was to do too much good secretly, too much harm openly.

There is beauty, heartbreaking beauty, everywhere.

Surfing is a deeply wonderful thing – anytime, anywhere and any way

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.

No matter how far society “progresses,” our thirst for community and connection will never diminish. Bars satisfy this need.

But Maastricht was not the end of history. It was a first step towards a Europe of growth, of employment, a social Europe. That was the vision of Francois Mitterrand. We are far from that now.

I am at the bookstore a lot, but let my friends, the professional Birchbark Books staff, handle the day in and day out.

I'm not the kind of guy who's taking advantage of my position.