The clash between child and adult is never as stubborn as when the child within us confronts the adult in our child.

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.

We have a choice every day — to act on yesterday's good intentions or get an early start on tomorrow's regrets.

Seeking happiness, I passed many travelers headed in the opposite direction, seeking happiness.

It is the abiding faith of mortals that mortality is a temporary condition.

Everything we possess that is not necessary for life or happiness becomes a burden, and scarcely a day passes that we do not add to it.

Skepticism is a religion very rich in evangelists but very short on saviors.