And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together.

The Sikh gave him the money. When Menon asked for his address so that he could repay the man, the Sikh said that Menon owed the debt to any stranger who came to him in need, as long as he lived. The help came from a stranger and was to be repaid to a stranger.

Even if your watch is full of diamonds the hour is still 60 minutes

Sometimes during the day, I consciously focus on some ordinary object and allow myself a momentary "paying-attention." This paying-attention gives meaning to my life. I don't know who it was, but someone said that careful attention paid to anything is a window into the universe. Pausing to think this way, even for a brief moment, is very important. It gives quality to my day.

Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there at the sandpile at Sunday School.

We are the only creatures that both laugh and weep. I think it's because we are the only creatures that see the difference between the way things are and the way they might be.

Why is love easy? I don’t know. And the raccoons don’t say.