The plague of government is senile delinquency.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.

A hypochondriac is one who has a pill for everything except what ails him.

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.

We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.

We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.

They threaten me with lung cancer, and still I smoke and smoke. If they'd only threaten me with hard work, I might stop.

Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is.

Praying for your children is the most powerful way you can care for them.

If I'm looking really intense, it's not because I'm trying to be mystical. It's because I'm thinking '[Dagnabit], that was supposed to be a 7th chord'.

I mean to retire, where nobody will have heard about my special skills. And conversation is mainly about the weather.

Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential.

Our health relies entirely on the vitality of our fellow species on Earth.

It is important to understand that there are many different ways of seeing the world and expressing the wisdom of Native belief...No one voice speaks for all voices.

Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.

I want to be the victim of his errors.

Attention: a sacred energy coming into me. Be sensitive to it. Recognize again and again that it is there