The moonlight builds its cold chapel again out of piecemeal darkness.

You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin again the story of your life.

The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer. One ripens apples, the other turns them to cider.

Zen pretty much comes down to three things -- everything changes; everything is connected; pay attention.

How fragile we are, between the few good moments.

Habit, laziness, and fear conspire to keep us comfortably within the familiar.

How silently the heart pivots on its hinge.

Existence itself is nothing if not an amazement. Good poems restore amazement.

Something looks back from the trees, and knows me for who I am.

In sorrow, pretend to be fearless. In happiness, tremble.

You must try, the voice said, to become colder. I understood at once. It's like the bodies of gods: cast in bronze, braced in stone. Only something heartless could bear the full weight.

We almost made it to thirty seconds without an insult. I think we set a new record.

Memories of the past are what drive us, whether to a life of beauty or a life of insanity is up to us.

If a Manx cat tells you that it is trying to preserve its long, beautiful tail, you don't have to believe it - especially if you have eyes.

After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.

We're making so many images today and it's unbelievable. I shoot stuff all the time. I try to figure a lot out before I paint. I do a tremendous amount of shooting.

It's easy to get anonymous people to hate you. Have an opinion. Be creative. Be yourself.

When trust permeates a ministry, great things are possible, not the least of which is an opportunity to reach the ministry's potential.

A nation can't get strong on political pablum.

Love means to reach for the sky and with every breath to tear a hundred veils. Love means to step away from the ego, to open the eyes of inner vision and not to take this world so seriously

Even after I got some recognition and success, I still had to work hard and prove myself.