The spiritual experience isn’t one of filling ourselves up— with either religious or intellectual beliefs—but of emptying ourselves so that we can experience what is, directly, unfiltered.

That perfect day, that magic moment that we're all waiting for, is right now.

Happiness does not come from the things that we have but the abandoning of things that we cling to, by letting go of the attachments to things we don't want.

We are all the same. We have the same hopes, fears, strengths, and weaknesses.

When I'm really stressed emotionally, I say to myself that there's only so much I can do to change things. Life happens on life's terms. Then, I go for a run.

Seeing my children in the morning as they come down from their bedrooms makes my heart come alive. There's just no better moment in my day.

Praying is holy act.

If the tree doesn't hug you back, it's not a problem with the tree, it's a problem with your heart.

Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

I figured if I told it to myself often enough, I would start believing it.

The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays.

The cornerstone on which all things are based is man's concept of himself.

We measure the value of a civilized society by the number of #‎ libraries it opens, not the number it closes down.

The madness is runnin' wild!

To confess ignorance is often wiser than to beat about the bush with a hypothetical diagnosis.