None of the things in life - like love or faith - was arrived at by thinking; indeed, one could almost define the things that mattered as the ones that came as suddenly as thunder.

I think people's minds are going to have to assimilate in the sense that all the world is international now. The whole world has gone global. I think cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles are the models of our future.

The Dalai Lama says don't pray for peace, don't wait for peace, don't talk about peace - do it right now.

A comma . . . catches the gentle drift of the mind in thought, turning in on itself and back on itself, reversing, redoubling, and returning along the course of its own sweet river music; while the semicolon brings clauses and thoughts together with all the silent discretion of a hostess arranging guests around her dinner table.

Making a living and making a life sometimes point in opposite directions.

It so often happens that somebody says 'change your life' and you repaint your car rather than re-wire the engine.

I often think we're most happy when we forget the time.