... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66]

Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter.

When you make friends with fear, it can’t rule you.

We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict unwanted children on society.

Feeding a baby is like filling a hole with putty - you get it in and then you sort of shave off all the excess around the hole and get it back in, like you're spackling.

Gratitude begins in our hearts and then dovetails into behavior. It almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is where the joy resides.

There is ecstasy in paying attention. You can get into a kind of Wordsworthian openness to the world, where you see in everything the essence of holiness.