“No matter how kind you are, always expect a few imbeciles.”

“Work was intended not to give a man a reason to live, but rather to give him a means to live.”

“The problem is politics is made a sport, almost as much a sport as football or baseball. When it comes to politics, adults and politicians do more finger-pointing and play more games than children ...”

“Speaking a painful truth should be done only in love - like wielding a sword with no hilt - it should pain oneself in direct proportion to the amount of force exerted.”

“Law without reason is criminal.”

“Jealousy from a love affair is something even God can admit.”

“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.”

“I live alone," he said simply. "I live in the open. I hear the waves at night and see the black patterns of the pine boughs against the sky. With sound and silence and color and solitude, of course...”

“It is difficult to undo our own damage, and to recall to our presence that which we have asked to leave. It is hard to desecrate a grove and change your mind. The very holy mountains are keeping mu...”

“Labels bias our perceptions, thinking, and behavior. A label or story can either separate us from, or connect us to, nature. For our health and happiness, we must critically evaluate our labels and...”

“Mental illness" is among the most stigmatized of categories.' People are ashamed of being mentally ill. They fear disclosing their condition to their friends and confidants-and certainly to their e...”

“Prejudice plunges you into a world of fear and hate. That's no way to live.”

“I've never, nor shall I ever, mourn the loss of a fool. Losing a fool, is the same as gaining, retaining, and reaffirming my intelligence.”

“I dont believe one reads to escape reality. A person reads to confirm a reality he knows is there, but which he has not experienced.”

“It was different, though, knowing something in your thoughts and then hearing it confirmed, made real, planted in the world like a tree”