Writing unlocks the heart, mind and soul that we may be receptive to God's blessings.

Ah, how quickly the hands on the clock circle toward the future we thought was far away! And how soon we become our mothers.

My heart swells with emotion each time I recall the sweetness of my youth!

Even in death, my mother smiled—and she had every reason to do so, for I had become precisely what she hoped I would—her mirror image.

When we are very young, our parents inadvertently program us to be what we eventually become. ~ Peggy Toney Horton

When we are very young, our parents inadvertently program us to be what we eventually become.

Flaubert had infinite correction to perform.

I don't return anybody's calls unless it's going to mean extra money for me. And I've completely cut off all relationships with any friends that I had before the show. And I've copped an attitude.

Strength is derived from unity. The range of our collective vision is far greater when individual insights become one.

I would have far more fear of being mistaken, and of finding that the Christian religion was true, than of not being mistaken in believing it true.

There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, look!

It is possible to move to an enlightened state of mind from a lower bardo or level of awareness. It can happen, but it is extremely unlikely.

Who looks upon a river in a meditative hour and is not reminded of the flux of all things?

A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.

The true ethical test is not only the readiness to save the victims, but also - even more, perhaps - the ruthless dedication to annihilating those who made them victims.

My young men shall never work. Men who work cannot dream, and wisdom comes to us in dreams.