A lot can happen in a heartbeat though. Even a really fast one. Lives crumble in a heartbeat. Promises are lost in a heartbeat.

I was told I have obsessive behavioral traits. I looked up everything to do with obsession after that.

I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

Unfortunately, people who always tell the truth don't have many friends.

Nobody makes anybody enlightened.Just tell them what you want to say, then let them decide for themselves.

Family is what grounds you.

Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values.

Our competition in life is solely with our old self.

I don't hate you, I love you, you're part of myself, you're my heart and when you go it's my heart torn out and carried away--

The power to tax, once conceded, has no limits; it continues until it destroys.

I'm a very humble person. I don't rub salt in people's wounds and I'm genuine.

Attachment to being right creates suffering. When you have a choice to be right, or to be kind, choose kind and watch your suffering disappear.