The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children outweigh our fears.

Let's just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers.

I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference.

Most people do not consider dawn to be an attractive experience - unless they are still up.

Maybe this year, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but looking for potential.

I regard this novel as a work without redeeming social value, unless it can be recycled as a cardboard box.

What he labels sexual, she labels harassment.

Today, much of journalism and politics are in a kind of collusion to oversimplify and personalize issues. No room for ambivalence. Plenty of room for the personal attack.

Ultimately, time is all you have and the idea isn't to save it, but to savour it.

Our 'mistakes' become our crucial parts, sometimes our best parts, of the lives we have made.

Forty is ... an age at which people have histories and options. At thirty, they had perhaps less history. At fifty, perhaps fewer options.

Helping others is an effective way of training oneself.

Don't let your ego put you in a compromising situation. Don't allow your pride to keep you from seeking the help you need. And don't give in to your fears. Stay focused.

If it had been a heart attack, the new

If I only had three words of advice, they would be, Tell the Truth. If got three more words, I'd add, all the time.

The life of the spirit is centrally and essentially a life of action. Spirituality is something done not merely something believed or known or experienced.

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep the truth is that they are not even shallow.

I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.

If you give a hacker a new toy, the first thing he'll do is take it apart to figure out how it works.

Of all the wonderful things in the wonderful universe of God, nothing seems to me more surprising than the planting of a seed in the blank earth and the result thereof.

I think you are the best you can be when you feel free, when you feel open. So I think keeping that mentality, keeping positive, is key.