Alexandros of Antioch took a block of marble and chiseled away from it everything that was not his masterpiece, the Venus de Milo. If you will chisel away one fault from your character every day, you may discover - a) that you're actually a statue of Margaret Thatcher. b) that you're still just a block of marble. c) that there are pigeon droppings on your shoes. d) that you, too, are a hidden masterpiece.

I regret less the road not taken than my all-fired hurry along the road I took.

Perception is a clash of mind and eye, the eye believing what it sees, the mind seeing what it believes.

If we would listen to our kids, we'd discover that they are largely self-explanatory.

The perfect family board game is one that can be played each time with fewer pieces.

It's curious the way we get nostalgic for some hoped-for thing that never happened, as if something that never happened were in the past.

Stay out of the court of self-judgment, for there is no presumption of innocence.