We find the light only after total defeat of our attempts to deceive and outwit it.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

A cheery relaxation is man's natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.

You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.

No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them

Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.

We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself.

Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.

If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.

Yes, Chix, it's between us. Everyone has a right to be temporarily unstable. - Foaly

I have no intention of retaliating or looking backwards. We are going to forget the past and look forward to the future.

Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.

You can have diabetes and have a piece of cake. You cannot have diabetes and eat a whole cake.

Today, I don't even think that people like [James Baldwin] are possible. He would not have that much room.

If I'm grumpy I sure do enjoy writing The Walking Dead.

Unfortunately I don't have my grandparents, but Mum and I are working quite well together. That's candid, that's frank. Your grandmother is never going to lie to you.

If there be a true way that leads to the Everlasting Kingdom, it is most certainly that of suffering, patiently endured.