This is the real power of joy, to make us certain that, beneath all grief, the most fundamental of realities is joy itself.

Although we cannot command it, we choose joy, making a deliberate commitment to happiness (essentially another word for peace).

If a man realizes who he is, he cannot be hurt, humiliated or offended

What job a fascinating view does, apart from fascinating you? It does this: It perfectly motivates you to love existence much more than you can love!

Yeah, that test says he's dumb as a fence post, but when he hits he looks like Einstein to me.

Remember that you create your world. It’s not what happens to you, but how you choose to deal with it.

I just wanted to write something about running, but I realized that to write about my running is to write about my writing. It's a parallel thing in me.

The minute you stop expecting life to be simple, fair and easy... it becomes simple, fair and easy.

People see me on TV two and three times a day, and see me cooking all these wonderfully Southern, fattening dishes. That's only 30 days out of 365. And it's for entertainment.

In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed.

Romance takes place when you first fall in love. It stirs all emotions and you can manipulate and be manipulated.

When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove.