We are all prone to the myth of the perfect stranger

Money cannot buy happiness; it can, however, rent it.

We are not what we think, or what we say, or how we feel. We are what we do.

It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place.

We also need to learn the art of letting go: of the past, of unresolved grievances, of our younger selves. Nobody gets out of here alive.

Everything we are afraid to try, all our unfulfilled dreams, constitute a limitation on what we are and could become.

There are no maps to guide our most important searches; we must rely on hope, chance, intuition, and a willingness to be surprised.

Past behavior is the most reliable predictor of future behavior.

Our greatest strengths are our greatest weaknesses.

If the map doesn't agree with the ground, the map is wrong.

Life's two most important questions are Why? and Why not? The trick is knowing which one to ask.

good people bring the good out of people

The biggest and most deadly 'tax' rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits - food stamps, housing subsidies and the like - if their income goes up.

To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.

You must not contrast too strongly the hours of courtship with the years of possession.

Father, forgive them,' said Jesus, 'for they know not what they do' -- People of good sense whoever you may be, I will add, do not listen to them, for they know not what they say.

Acting like the person I'm supposed to be has always been the easiest thing for me.

Take a one way trip down to Larry Land!

It's possible to go faster than folk are ready for; that's the key to democracy.

The body is consuming energy when tense, and restoring energy when it is relaxed.

I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.