There is this weird thing that happens, when you stop worrying so much about what other people think of you...you suddenly start seeing what you think of you.

For, in life, it is in the darkest zones one finds the brightest beauty and the most luminous wisdom.

You see, to find the brightest wisdom one must pass through the darkest zones. And through the darkest zones there can be no guide. No guide, that is, but courage

Once upon a time, fairy tales were AWESOME!

The oven became hotter and hotter, and Hansel began to sweat. Then a delicious smell wafted to his nostrils. Oh no! he thought. I'm cooking! He sniffed at the air. And I smell delicious!

You see, Hansel and Gretel don’t just show up at the end of this story. They show up. And then they get their heads cut off. Just thought you’d like to know.

Home is where you can be yourself.

Maybe I've been wanting the wrong things.

Whether you go your separate ways or stay together, you will continue to witness--against ignorance, against cruelty, and on behalf of all that is beautiful about this strange and crooked world.

There is a wisdom in children, a kind of knowing, a kind of believing, that we, as adults, do not have. There is a time when a kingdom needs its children.

There is something embarrassing about someone else's grief. It is hard to know what to do around it. The right answer, always, is hugs.

First paycheck I get, I thought, I'm going to get myself a room near the downtown L.A. Public Library.

I was at the Smithsonian for twenty years, and I'm still at the Smithsonian as a curator emeritus, and I still plan to figure out what that means for me at this point in my life

There must be a corps that will battle for righteousness, for there are endless battalions who serve unrighteousness.

Renko has just about had it. Pretty soon somebody will come out of the dugout with a fork and get him.

The secret of the gospel is that we actually do more when we hear less about all we need to do for God and hear more about all that God has already done for us.

Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think.

To model an object is to possess it.

I told my doctor I think my wife has VD. He gave himself a shot of penicillin.

Anti-social behaviour still blights lives, wrecks communities and provides a pathway to criminality.

It's immoral to ask people to risk their life.