The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale...

Never look directly at the sun. Instead, look at the sunflower.

Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age.

Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first, must help the other.

Patience is not a virtue. It is an achievement.

Each letter of the alphabet is a steadfast loyal soldier in a great army of words, sentences, paragraphs, and stories. One letter falls, and the entire language falters.

It's easier for a rich man to ride that camel through the eye of a needle directly into the Kingdom of Heaven, than for some of us to give up our cell phone.

A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.

Withhold a smile only when the smile can hurt someone. Otherwise, let it bloom forth in a riot.

The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte.

Don't be afraid of the dark. Shine!

[T]here is something to recommend a story that ends.

There is no romance without finance.

Tribal life comes automatically to an end when a primitive people begins to live in a town or a city, for sooner or later a tribal organization is found to be incompatible with life in a city.

Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it.

A good horse is the best company in the world.

My own opinion is that youthfulness of feeling is retained, as is youthfulness of appearance, by constant use of the intellect.

What you'll gain is the macro story. You'll get a good command of that. And what you might lose is some of the fun of it.

Here I am. Here we are. Here we go. Here is all that matters.

Right and wrong do not exist in graphic design. There is only effective and non-effective communication.

I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.