Why be saddled with this thing called life expectancy? Of what relevance to an individual is such a statistic? Am I to concern myself with an allotment of days I never had and was never promised? Must I check off each day of my life as if I am subtracting from this imaginary hoard? No, on the contrary, I will add each day of my life to my treasure of days lived. And with each day, my treasure will grow, not diminish.

We never give up wanting things for ourselves, but there comes a day when what we want for ourselves is someone else's happiness.

Marriage is nature's way of ensuring that a woman picks up some mothering experience before she has her first child.

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

Sometimes, as practice for trying to convince myself that God exists, I try to convince my shadow that the sun exists.

In the great artist you see daring bound by discipline and discipline stretched by daring.

We all have our limitations, but when we listen to our critics, we also have theirs.