But how could you live and have no story to tell?

My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn't that enough for a whole lifetime?

It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader.

. . . finally, I couldn't imagine how I could live without books, and I stopped dreaming about marrying that Chinese prince. . . .

Oh, how unbearable is a happy person sometimes!

and what shall I have to dream of when I have been so happy in reality beside you!

Do you know that I love now to recall and visit at certain dates the places where Iwas once happy in my own way? I love to build up my present in harmony with the irrevocable past...

I may not have riches but I have great life.

Meditation is a process of lightening up, of trusting the basic goodness of what we have and who we are, and of realizing that any wisdom that exists, exists in what we already have.

A strategy is a combination of an origin, a destination, and a route to get from origin to destination.

I have always maintained that there is nothing wrong with nursery food now that we are grown up and can have a glass of wine with it.

If you live for a very long while, you will have to watch your friends and loved ones die, your body age and lose its beauty and vigor, and your mental capacities fade.

All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all, because the worth of an idea never becomes apparent until you do it.

While I am not a scientist, and write primarily on economics, tax policy and budget issues, I have been fascinated over the years by Heartland's work on climate change.

My buildings should have an emotional core –a space which, in itself, has an emotional nice feeling.

The biggest obstacle to creativity is breaking through the barrier of disbelief.

Failure is not tied to money; it is a mindset. Failure is when we accept the lot we are given.