We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

This is the end of the day, but soon there will be a new day.

If we try and fail, we have temporary disappointments. But if we do not try at all, we have permanent regrets.

Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.

Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair.

If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.

Laziness has many disguises. Soon "winter doldrums" will become "spring fever."

The concern of your brain is not to see the actual nature of reality, but to represent the reality to you in such a way that suits your needs.

Procrastination is a way of living in the past instead of the present moment.

Eat clean to stay fit, have a burger to stay sane.

There is in superstition a senseless fear of God.

Nothing you wear is more important than your smile.

Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised

It is right, therefore, that we not just be called Christians, but that we actually be Christians.

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to install a military base, and he only wanted to plant a Venezuelan flag there?

Constructive complaint requires only two things: that what you are complaining about should be different, and that it can be different. It sounds simple, but too often our protests fail this test.

In the early 1990s, I briefly got involved in Italian politics. But that intermezzo lasted just two years and had little success. I also found politics emotionally empty.