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

A true friend sees past your excuses to the real reason it's not your fault.

Of course I doubt. I do not practice a certainty. I practice a faith.

It's like this. Father Time keeps pitching the years at us. We swing and miss at a few. We hit a few out of the park. We try not to take any called strikes.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single happy delusion that it can be done without a stop-over.

Today's Parenting Tip: Treat a difficult child the way you would your boss at work. Praise his achievements, ignore his tantrums and resist the urge to sit him down and explain to him how his brain is not yet fully developed.

Better to start up a thousand wrong roads than to spend your life going nowhere because you know the way.