Archives - November 2017

You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars.

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

There is little chance that meteorologists can solve the mysteries of weather until they gain an understanding of the mutual attraction of rain and weekends.

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task.

The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.

Carry laughter with you wherever you go.

Wisdom before experience is only words; wisdom after experience is of no avail.

"Old times" never come back and I suppose it's just as well. What comes back is a new morning every day in the year, and that's better.

While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms.

History is a symphony of echoes heard and unheard. It is a poem with events as verses.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything.

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.

Constant use will not wear ragged the fabric of friendship.

A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.

Everything can become a meditation if you live it totally and intensely. And then your life becomes whole.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if you have to dig a little. 

Without a single thought, two hands collide and the world finally makes sense again.

I want to write books that unlock the traffic jam in everybody's head.

The test of real literature is that it will bear repetition. We read over the same pages again and again, and always with fresh delight.

Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often.

I approximated the Black Friday experience at home by hurling myself into a wall a number of times and then ordering online.

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.

Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.

Pay attention, don't let life go by you. Fall in love with the back of your cereal box.

Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home... it's your responsibility to love it, or change it.