Forgiveness: best for cleansing. Forgetfulness best for repetition.

Mind chatter: a clatter of left-brain rains of doubt, worry, guilt, shame in a thunderstorm of fear. Forgive the chatter, clear your mind.

Gossip: a weed watered by wayward words.

Kindness: a waltz with forgiveness and hope.

Compassion: a robust dance between grace and wisdom.

Promises, like gardens need weeding from time to time to produce healthy results.

Life: composted lessons for our hearts to blossom into our souls.

Potential: a bridge between ask and grasp.

Fear melts like ice when we allow love's divine light to shine upon our ignorance.

As I digest what words I speak, I consume more wisely.

Perspective seasons meaning with sprinkles of time.

You taught me to think, and you put ideas in my head. People read to forget. Books don't change the world, ji. You didn't tell me that. You talked of the dignity of the human spirit to a hijra.

All you really have...is now.

The safe and cultural method of eating crackers in bed is to wear a diver's suit instead of pajamas.

The awakening is finally realizing that you are a part of God, like a single cell that finally sees it is a part of you.

A boy has two jobs. One is just being a boy. The other is growing up to be a man.

There's a certain romanticism associated with exploration of space, which is one of the major factors why we'll continue.

Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.

The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.

When the Supreme Court moved to Washington in 1800, it was provided with no books, which probably accounts for the high quality of early opinions.