The trouble with not being into social networking is that people think you're anti-social when you're only anti-networking.

The thing about a friendly smile is not just that it makes people like you but that it makes them like themselves.

The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions.

There have been days when I sought respite from my life, only to find myself calling every hour to check on it.

Every great painting is left incomplete at the point where its completion is obvious.

The trouble with selfish motives is that they harden into principles, and you end up sending your kids to war for them.

I sit in my garden, gazing upon a beauty that cannot gaze upon itself. And I find sufficient purpose for my day.