Though we often wonder why God does what he does, we can be sure he does it on better information.

Life is a process by which a few desperate longings morph into a thousand meaningless wants.

You can accept a falling out that changes your plans, but it's hard to accept a betrayal that changes your memories.

You do not wake up one morning a bad person. It happens by a thousand tiny surrenders of self-respect to self-interest.

I'm right-handed, whereas the fellow in my mirror is left-handed. I start shaving from the left; he starts from the right. Differences only in perception, but religious wars have been fought over such.

The world knows how to straighten out a spoiled child but never makes it up to a child deprived.

Occasionally ask, "What is the connection between what I want most in life and anything I plan to do today?