Boredom between two people doesn't come from being together physically. It comes from being apart mentally and spiritually.

That’s what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we’ve changed because of it, and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way is winning.

Sometimes when you say goodbye, that's the right thing to do in a relationship.

We [people] have the power to destroy ourselves as well as the environment. As a species we love what I'd call brinks-person-ship, going right to the edge of disaster and somehow managing to pull back and recover. But my bet is still on the creative and playful and positive in the species. I think we will manage to survive and gradually turn things around.

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.

The creative, loving-something life is also the healthy one. There is healing and protection in doing what makes you happy.