The kinds of things that we can make mistakes about are essentially unlimited in number.

The miracle of your mind isn't that you can see the world as it is. It's that you can see the world as it isn't.

The point isn’t to live without any regrets. The point is to not hate ourselves for having them.

If you want to live a life free of regret, there is an option open to you. It's called a lobotomy.

We're terrified of not having the answers, and we would sometimes rather assert an incorrect answer than make our peace with the fact that we really don't know.

without being sure of something, we can not begin to think about everything elses

Our love of being right is best understood as our fear of being wrong

Wow. I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong.

If it is sweet to be right, then - let's not deny it - it is downright savory to point out that someone else is wrong.

Take away the ability of an intelligent, principled, hard-working mind to get it wrong, and you take away the whole thing.

Regret doesn't remind us that we did badly, it reminds us that we know that we could do better.

When you write, you write out of your best self. Everything else drops away.

So, how can I try to be someone I didn't really even know?

Writers were as parasitic, she supposed, as the spore itself.

His eyes were the same colour as the sea in a postcard someone sends you when they love you, but not enough to stay.

I describe myself as an indoor cat, because I'm a computer guy and I always have been.

It is human choices that move events.

Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?

Because I know that I am not my own master, I offer my heart as a true sacrifice to the Lord.

Stop crying; stand up and look around you; there is always a way out in life!

I think I do speak to all ages, but the emphasis is, unlike everybody else who is chasing the Millennials, I'm not chasing the Millennials.