In comparing religious belief to science, I try to remember that science is belief also.

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

In the end you regret less the things you believed that weren't true than the things that never came true because you didn't believe.

Sometimes we give up a dream to play a larger role in someone else's dream.

Always laugh off a slight insult, so that people will understand what it means when you're not laughing.

Are you an artist? Look about you. Is there a physical tool whose use you have mastered, a part of your body that responds utterly to your control? Is your motive esthetic? If so, you are an artist. If not, you are probably a writer.

A dog is much like a married man, obeying his master's voice for the sake of his master's touch.