There are degrees of happiness. You go from one to the other and then back again. It's hard to be completely happy when those around us are suffering and groaning from hunger.

Sometimes you just have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on.

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

People have a hard time accepting anything that overwhelms them.

Your heart is like the ocean, mysterious and dark.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

You need something to open up a new door, to show you something you seen before but overlooked a hundred times or more

How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see?

You have no idea how much I appreciate your friendship, ” Jules said. Sam held out several bills. “Yeah, actually I do, ” he said. “It’s probably as much as I appreciate yours.

Christianity is an adventure of the spirit or it is not Christianity.

Fundamentally not to waste energy. If we were all to reduce our demands for energy, it would make an enormous amount of difference.

For a metaphysical treat stop at the Big Sur Inn, which is also a haven for stray cats and dogs. Life along the South Coast is just a bed of roses, with a few thorns and nettles interspersed.

In wheelchair sports, people thought athletes with disabilities were courageous and inspirational. They never give them credit for simply being competitive.

In the twilight of the morning, all life silently waits for the sunrise. Sun must rise for the darkness to sink!

My ideal guy would be funny and fun to be around.

I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.

You can either give in to what youre feeling, just say ‘okay, enough is enough’ and be done with it, or you can fight it.