I think if I were walking someplace and I saw a corpse my brain would tell me it was a million things before I believed it was a corpse.

Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life.

Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree on what they are made of, where they come from, or how often they should appear.

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.

I didn't realize this was a sad occasion.

They didn't understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby - awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.

Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth.

The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.

Accidents happen all the time.

Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.

When you reach out to those you need to forgive, it is you that will be touched and healed.

I have a plan, and I’m following it. I can focus on doing what is within my control, and I don’t need to be afraid of the results.

To think that before the hills were formed, or the channels of the sea were scooped out, God loved me; that from everlasting to everlasting His mercy is upon His people. Is not that a consolation?

I do favor guest workers, H1B visas and student visas.

When I lose my column again, I'm sure I'll get hungry again. Maybe it's having a kid, but it's probably just getting to do what I always wanted to do - I'm really not that hungry.

The United States needs to be made more appealing to legal immigrants.

Poker has the feeling of a sport, but you don't have to do push-ups.

A visual image in the hand of an artist is merely a tool to trigger a mental image.

You wander from room to room Hunting for the diamond necklace That is already around your neck!

If you want to study Zen, you should forget all your previous ideas and just practice zazen and see what kind of experience you have in your practice. That is naturalness.