I 'd never seen him cry

Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance.

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind and I cannot do anything else but write about it.

I actually started in comedy, but then after 'Deadwood' I started concentrating on the dramas more. But then I just got tired for raping and killing and figured, 'It's time to do another comedy.

As almost anyone with war experience knows, you're never supposed to show the enemy what you won't do to win.

When I'm really stressed emotionally, I say to myself that there's only so much I can do to change things. Life happens on life's terms. Then, I go for a run.

The future belongs to the one most fully alive in the present.

Nothing lies beyond the reach of prayer except that which lies outside the will of God.

No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.

Voyaging great distances -- through forests, from island to island, across plains and into the mountains -- is all about finding ourselves.