The moon shows the truth of things.

You can't just be reading books all the time and leave the writting of them to others.

He who never makes a mistake never makes anything. It's part of learning the job.

Even a strong man can succumb to the wiles of a pretty girl with pointy shoes.

The first step towards knowledge is to accept your own ignorance.

I watched the tears run down her cheeks and start to drip from the end of her chin. One part of me wanted to put my arms round her but I daren't. Do that and I'd never be able to let her go.

And mothers are usually quite trustworthy, as long as your their son. Otherwise look out!

None of us are either all good or all bad - we're all somewhere in between - but there comes a moment in each life when we take an important step, either toward the light or toward the dark.

Now it's the dark's turn to be afraid.

How can you be lonely? You've got yourself, haven't you? If you ever lose yourself, then you'll really be lonely.

You never know just what you can do until you try.

Whenever you should doubt your self-worth, remember the lotus flower. Even though it plunges to life from beneath the mud, it does not allow the dirt that surrounds it to affect its growth or beauty.

Hold on to thy sacred dreams.

Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be.

You should not ask questions without knowledge.

How to manage a project: Limit it in scope. Make it simple. Get success. Then iterate.

How old are you? 'I'm four and a half!' You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key.

If we develop a good heart we will progress to true compassion, and awaken Bodhicitta. This is the way of the Buddha's method.

My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriage.

Jump in a hole without looking, and there'll be a snake in it every time.

Death is terrifying and beautiful, a final thing we can all do together.