People who parade their holiness are operating dangerously close to the sin of pride.

The voice of reason is inaudible to irrational people.

To have meaning, our lives require both passion and purpose. A life without passion is like a furnace without fuel, and without purpose, like a ship without a rudder.

Never let the worst of you get the best of you.

Sometimes I wonder which is worse - confrontational people who are afraid of caring or caring people who are afraid of confrontation.

It is one of history's greatest ironies that, over the centuries, the pursuit of pleasure has resulted in more pain than enjoyment.

Adolescence is a kind of slavery cleverly disguised as freedom.

When all things are considered, happiness is a better indicator of success than success has ever been of happiness.

Even though it runs counter to popular belief, Life's critical decisions are usually made in the heart and only later ratified by the brain.

The secret of a successful relationship is avoiding the unforgivable and forgiving the unavoidable.

Throughout history, most of the wrongs of the world have resulted from people absolutely sure they were in the right.

Treat your heart like a turnstile. Open it to only those who got valid tickets.

...every vertebrae on his back was a prayer bead under my hands.

Thinking this is "The One" becomes an excuse to let your own life deteriorate.

When you're unhappy in your marriage, your children are the ones who suffer.

I no longer really ever like to be pitched. Instead, I prefer to engage in a relationship as part of learning the other person.

It is impossible for a hatless woman to be chic.

The fact that mathematics does such a good job of describing the Universe is a mystery that we don't understand. And a debt that we will probably never be able to repay.

If you're a misanthrope you stay at home. There are certain writers who really don't like other people. I'm not like that, I don't think.

We cannot will to have insights. We cannot will to have creativity, but we can will to give ourselves to the creative experience with intensity of dedication and commitment.

Attack the enemy's strategy.