The rancid odor mixed with the dust, death, and confusion as they awaited those who could clean up the mess and make death official.

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.

Be kind to yourself so you can be happy enough to be kind to the world.

Don't pressure yourself. Don't worry about what others think you should do or what the societal "norm" is. Do what moves you and makes you smile and the "good" will follow.

I want to live in a world where 'normal' is an insult.

Even small acts of kindness can make a profound difference to somebody else.

We are bound only by the limits of our imaginations.

Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another.

Mr. Meant-to has a friend, his name is Didn't-Do. Have you met them? They live together in a house called Never-Win. And I am told that it is haunted by the Ghost of Might-have-Been.

When someone is taught the joy of learning, it becomes a life-long process that never stops, a process that creates a logical individual. That is the challenge and joy of teaching.

Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do best.

Our lives are to be characterized by patience, for it is important in developing the mature, stable character which God wants to produce in His people.

Some Argentines, without means, do it, People say, in Boston , even beans do it. Let's do it, let's fall in love .

There are four principal pathways that lead to enlightement: The yoga of love, the yoga of service, the yoga of knowledge, and the yoga of mysticism.

I have a very highly developed sense of denial.

I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.

A room full of words that are nearly the truth but not quite, each note fluttering off the steam of its rose like a broken butterfly wing.

I'm afraid of taking steps that are not on the map, but by taking those steps despite my fears, I have a much more interesting life.

There are a lot I'm proud of, and a lot I wish the hell I'd never written.

What I want is to be number one.

Desire is the absurdity that holds open the infinity of possibility.