The guru, if he is gifted, reads the story as any bilingual person might. He does not translate-he understands.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.

The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.

The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.

The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia.

There is nothing better than love, kindness and forgiveness to create enduring peace.

Church must lead all other spheres of influence.We find people from all the mountains there.The church leaders must be able to mentor them

No one can share in your sorrow.

When we are eager to be shy and humble about our accomplishments, we lose confidence in our abilities.

Centuries ago, human beings created marriage. Later, they looked to the sky and dreamt of traveling to the moon. Coincidence?

How much cooler was Oz than seeing the little dude behind the curtain?

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness, indeed.

Art is the opposite of chaos. Art is organized chaos.

I think I don't invest so much time in thinking about people's sexuality. I just take people as individuals.

My first dunk was actually in sixth grade.