Apologies are not pass/fail.

Follow your passions, believe in karma, and you won't have to chase your dreams, they will come to you.

Earnestness is highly underestimated. It comes from the core, while hip is trying to impress you on the surface.

Anybody can get chewed out. It's the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. As opposed to, no wait, the reason is... We've all heard that

Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.

But I want her to grow up knowing that I was the first man ever to fall in love with her. I'd always thought the father/daughter thing was overstated. But I can tell you, sometimes, she looks at me and I just become a puddle.

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build.