Growing old is, of all things we experience, that which takes the most courage, and at a time when we have the least resources, especially with which to meet frustration.

We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.

What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.

There are some griefs so loud/They could bring down the sky/And there are griefs so still/None knows how deep they lie.

A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.

It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.

A child, like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it.

What's wrong with transforming food?

Pray, for all men need the aid of the gods.

In the game of cricket it has always been customary to accord more adulation to batsman than to bowlers.

What was most important was the knowledge [aspect] of the fight. I learned this early on and just told myself to "upgrade my mind." That's just what I wanted to do my whole life.

Steve Jobs was a digital pioneer, but when he went home, he listened to vinyl.

I'm a little bit of a control freak when it comes to my music, unfortunately.

I'm a cultural Christian in the same way many of my friends call themselves cultural Jews or cultural Muslims.

Civil disobedience is an act of love.

I am all about comfort and whatever comes along with comfort. I wear a lot of sweats. But Im also very preppy naturally.