Why fear death? Death is only a beautiful adventure.

When you consider all the stars I have managed, mere submarines make me smile.

Death is the most beautiful adventure in life.

This little ship you sent is more wonderful than the big one that takes me away from you.

The miss steps are the mistakes you must make.

Gratitude has the power to fill your heart with love and your life with abundance.

ego promenades, flounces, pushes in unwanted places, trips, stands on others, whereas a sense of destiny grounds - you just do what you do

Every book has its ancestors

Two things I've learned: 1) you simply cannot change someone's mind on certain issues and 2) some issues are so important you cannot stop trying to.

I constantly reminded myself with the fact that the world isn't about what's fair, but how you cope with what is unfair.

The pursuit of truth is just a polite name for the intellectual's favorite pastime of substituting simple and therefore false abstractions for the living complexities of reality.

It wasn’t like I made his world better. It was like I was his world. It wasn’t some explosion; it wasn’t fireworks. It was a fire, burning slowly from the inside out.

Amen, sister, ... All apologies to Tom Cruise.

Just as your hand has the power to hide the sun, mediocrity has the power to hide your inner light. Do not blame others for your own incompetence.