A vacation trip is one-third pleasure, fondly remembered, and two-thirds aggravation, entirely forgotten.

In the end the reason for anything is inseparable from the reason for everything.

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

Time is a figure eight, at its center the city of Deja Vu.

As you reach for understanding, you find that your ladder of facts isn’t long enough, and you try to extend it by adding a rung of faith. Eventually you see that the task is hopeless, and you put away your ladder of facts and go get a ladder of faith.

Do not ask that your kids live up to your expectations. Let your kids be who they are, and your expectations will be in breathless pursuit.

Worse than telling a lie is spending the rest of your life staying true to a lie.