Archives - June 2021

Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.

You know that children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers.

Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou will judge others with the judgment of charity.

If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day.

You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.

That's the key to having it all: stop expecting it to look like what you thought it was going to look like.

Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.

Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

We spend our time searching for security, and hate it when we get it.

Every time I close the door on reality it comes in through the windows.

I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves --- in finding themselves.

Blink and you miss a sprint. The 10,000 meters is lap after lap of waiting. Theatrically, the mile is just the right length --- beginning, middle, end: a story unfolding.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

The moments that we have with friends and family, the chances that we have to make a big difference in the world or even to make a small difference to the ones we love, all those wonderful chances that life gives us, life also takes away. It can happen fast and a whole lot sooner than you think.

Think what a better world it would be if we all --- the whole world --- had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap.

Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.

Today on Juneteenth, the day we celebrate the end of slavery, the day we memorialize those who offered us hope for the future and the day when we renew our commitment to the struggle for freedom.

The greatest mark of a father is how he treats his children when no one is looking.

It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.

Honesty doesn't always pay, but dishonesty always costs.

There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life --- reciprocity.

Audio books are a go-anywhere medium --- easily slotted into the crannies of our busy lives --- that can transform the dullest of life's lulls, such as traffic jams or washing the dishes, into time well spent.

We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.

Smile --- sunshine is good for your teeth.

A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.

If you have accomplished all that you planned for yourself, you have not planned enough.

Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.

Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.