You're a grown up, and you get to decide what behaviors affect you for five minutes versus what behaviors change you as a person.

It is hard to convince people of this, but oatmeal truly is miraculous. It gives you an amazing amount of energy, like cocaine.

Meaning to send a thank-you note but then not doing it is exactly the same as never thinking to send one - that person is still receiving zero thank you notes.

Intentions are nice, but ultimately intentions don't really matter because they only exist inside you.

Wise random strangers at bars are modern-day Oracles of Delphi, except drunk and sometimes leaving abruptly when it's their turn for karaoke.

It's not as though the world hates you- it just has no idea who you are

don't focus on the small pieces, focus on the whole picture

To be a leader, take action and be an example. To be an adviser, be wise.

Snowflakes fall from high.Flurries lift and twirl below.The world has turned white.

I knew Mac pretty well. I'd used them when I was younger.

Until you've had depression I don't think you're qualified to talk about it.

The older I get, the easier it is to just be present in the moment, and understand what a man is going through.

Strategy is the craft of the warrior.

United Nations peacekeepers are going all over the world spreading AIDS even while they're trying to bring peace. What a supreme irony.

Nature has no cure for this sort of madness, though I have known a legacy from a rich relative work wonders.

There is no greater disaster in the spiritual life than to be immersed in unreality, for life is maintained and nourished in us by our vital relation with realities outside and above us.