A man's first bond is that which ties him into the national community.

If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.

We should never allow our fears or the expectations of others to set the frontiers of our destiny.

The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.

A boundary is not that at which something stops, but that from which something begins.

A person is neither a thing nor a process but an opening through which the Absolute can manifest.

Dwelling is not primarily inhabiting but taking care of and creating that space within which something comes into its own and flourishes.

Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.

Nothing is everything that doesn't happen at this very moment.

Everyone is the other and no one is himself.

Questioning is the piety of thought.

You were free, you are free and you will be free.

Maybe true travel is not the transportation of the body, but a change of perception, renewing the mind.

Your horse is named Small.Yes.Mine is named Big.-Fire and Brigan

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.

Objectivity can only be the author's and therefore subjective, even if he is editing a newsreel.

As authentic as it is riveting and ultimately unforgettable. Your past will find you-and it can change your life. I think it's the most soulful book Patti Callahan has ever written.

We [with my mother] listened to music when I was a kid. We listened to a little bit of Bob's [Gordon] music, but just a little, I think it was too painful for her.

At Christmas you can get real bargains. I saw one item marked down ten dollars. It was a yacht.

The most important thing is to be happy and true to yourself. I don't want to look back at this in 30 years from now and say, 'I did it all to make them happy and I didn't enjoy.'

Politics make me sick