An old dog, even more than an old spouse, always feels like doing what you feel like doing.

If indeed the death of a child is part of a larger plan, you wonder if God ever considered a smaller plan.

If you can wear the hard times of your life as furrows on your brow, you can wear the good times as a twinkle in your eye.

We gain no easier advantage than by relentlessly pursuing our goal while others pursue an advantage.

When life takes the wind out of your sails, it is to test you at the oars.

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.

We picture love as heart-shaped because we do not know the shape of the soul.