Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem.

Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup-they all die. So do we.

I don't think there is a hidden purpose to the universe that you have to puzzle out.

Just when you thought that you already learned the way how to live, life changes - and you're left the same as you begun.

Instructions For Wayfarers They will declare: Every journey has been taken. You shall respond: I have not been to see myself. They will insist: Everything has been spoken. You shall reply: I have not had my say. They will tell you: Everything has been done. You shall reply: My way is not complete. You are warned: Any way is long, any way is hard. Fear not. You are the gate - you, the gatekeeper. And you shall go through and on . . . —Alexandros Evangelou Xenopouloudakis, THIRD WISH

Arguing whether or not a God exists is like fleas arguing whether or not the dog exists. Arguing over the correct name for God is like fleas arguing over the name of the dog. And arguing over whose notion of God is correct is like fleas arguing over who owns the dog.