Life just swallows you up, doesn't it?Just swallows you up with its everyday things

Hands have their own language.

For lonely people, rain is a chance to be touched.

I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment - we are all defined by something we can’t change.

The beauty of artifacts is in how they reassure us we’re not the first to die.

I wonder if things can happen too early or too late or if everything happens at exactly the right time. If so, how sad and beautiful.

You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.

Every moment is the paradox of now or never.

For some people, life is the process of knocking through walls to get out. For others, it is the building of walls.

The most significant conversations of our lives occur in silence.

I read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.

I may not be where I want to be but I'm thankful for not being where I used to be.

No effort is every wasted.

Understanding spirituality means that every day anger, pride, deceit and greed continue to decrease, will not increase.

There were tough thoughts battling one another inside his head for the right to become reality.

You can't figure out the Universe, especially if you're using figures to figure it.

Baroque sculpture and interior design has a quality of creating an environment that seems organic because it's full of curves and details, like a forest.

Any action that arises out of stress is of low quality, and it contributes to human suffering. You are making yourself and others suffer.

I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.

Tens of billions ... are going into the pockets of tens of thousands of tax preparers who ... love complexity as much as the rest of us hate it

The bigger the trophy, the more trivial the contest.