We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them.

Stories are at the very heart of being human; they talk about where we're from, where we are, and where we're going. They're like bread; you need to hear and tell them everyday.

In the library I discovered that you could learn by following your nose. And I learned that a book was as close to a living thing as you could get without being one.

Wisdom is not always discovered in a book, true wisdom is discovered in the knowing that you know nothing.

Age does not matter in most relationships, but in marriage, it matters a lot. If you marry a younger you have to baby sit, and if you marry an older, you have to follow orders.

Cancer is a very sad thing, but you can always take something from every experience.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal while blaming our misery on the person who started the fire.

Wherever you're coaching or playing right now is the Big Time

More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.

For your self to become pure, give everything to what is already pure in you.

One can not start by saying that our earthly destiny has or has not importance, for it depends upon us to give it importance.

It is my disposition to maintain peace until its condition shall be made less tolerable than that of war itself.

My diet is much better. I eat what I have to. The older you get, the better you get at making sacrifices.