After 5,000 years of recorded human history, you wonder, what part of 2,000,000 sunrises doesn't a pessimist understand?

There is no such thing as gratitude unexpressed. If it is unexpressed, it is plain, old-fashioned ingratitude.

Perchance God will pity a race that sought the better angels of its nature and found only its lesser demons.

The most valuable lesson man has learned from his dog is to kick a few blades of grass over it and move on.

There is part of us that stands in quiet witness to what we do, taking notes, waiting for a solitary moment to bring up the subject.

Sometimes it's worth getting lost to see who will come looking for us.

What you discover about life’s shell game is that it’s hardest to follow the pea when you’re the pea.