If God had wanted to be a big secret, He would not have created babbling brooks and whispering pines.

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

Optimist: Someone who figures that taking a step backwards after taking a step forwards is not a disaster. It's a cha-cha.

Sometimes in tragedy we find our life's purpose - the eye sheds a tear to find its focus.

There are things I have wanted so long that I would only consent to have them if I could keep wanting them.

I count myself lucky, having long ago won a lottery paid to me in seven sunrises a week for life.

Two people can have a middling day, but one rounds up and the other rounds down.