He is only happy when he can maintain himself - mentally and spiritually - at the intersection between a vertical line and horizontal one, in a state of perfect balance. For this, he needs to know where he is located every moment, both in his relationship to the divine and to his family here on earth. If he loses that balance, he loses his power.

Your father only has one foot on this earth. And really, really long legs . . .

What worked yesterday doesn't always work today.

Fear can have a voice, but it doesn't get a vote.

I am the planet's most affectionate life-form, something like the cross between a golden retriever and a barnacle.

If life gives you lemons, don't settle for simply making lemonade - make a glorious scene at a lemonade stand.

I love my friends and family, but I also love it when they can't find me and I can spend all day reading or walking all alone, in silence, eight thousand miles away from everyone. All alone and unreachable in a foreign country is one my most favorite possible things to be.