Don’t wait for the miracle

If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher.

Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness so that we can live each minute of life.

I want to care, but I don’t. I look at you and all I feel is tired.

Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.

Many investigators feel uneasy stating in public that the origin of life is a mystery, even though behind closed doors they admit they are baffled.

Value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing.

Even feigning surprise, pretending it was unexpected and saying a ritual thanks, is surely wiser than just expecting everything so carelessly.

This story about good food begins in a quick-stop convenience market.

Peace, sweet peace finally comes to men when they humbly yield to the gentle pressure of the Spirit.

People are funny. They want the front of the bus, the middle of the road and the back of the church. —Mrs. Miracle

Life's a maze, you twist and you turn through itThe driest of droughts, maneuvered and I earned through it

I was abused my family was the "brady bunch

In 1985 as a teenager in Kenya, I was an adamant member of the Muslim Brotherhood.

You work three jobs? Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." To a divorced mother of three, Omaha, Nebraska, Feb. 4, 2005

I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.

The day cold and fair with a high easterly wind: we were visited by two Indians who gave us an account of the country and people near the Rocky mountains where they had been.

Some people think Wheeler's gotten crazy in his later years, but he's always been crazy.

As a bull market continues, almost anything you buy goes up. It makes you feel that investing in stocks is a very easy and safe and that you're a financial genius.

I've been drinking tequila for a long time now, and it's never been about drinking to get drunk. I don't do that. I never drink tequila during the day, and I don't drive at night.

We know the secret police's methods, and the way the archive and registry were run - that's how we know. We've also found evidence from the Bolek file cited in other files.