Nature admits no lie.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend

He spent the afternoon alone in the streets.

I have been to hell and back. I had a very, very bad nervous breakdown.

This country's going to have a revolution if something doesn't happen the haves and have - nots.

Nothing is perfect. Therefore, being perfect is being nothing… and that's a great way to lose weight.

If you'd like to have a better incarnation, then have one now. If that's your attitude, just let go and meditate and try to be as wise and compassionate, as understanding as you can.

Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as we age, to close in upon ourselves.

If you push too much for somebody that everyone knows is your friend, and that you've worked with before, it can backfire.

My name is Sherman J. Alexie Jr., and I am an insomniac.

I've always wanted to have kids of my own, it's just tough finding a woman I wouldn't be wasting my DNA on.