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.

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

Life is. I am. Anything might happen. And I believe I may invest my life with meaning. The uncertainty is a blessing in disguise. If I were absolutely certain about all things, I would spend my life in anxious misery, fearful of losing my way. But since everything and anything are always possible, the miraculous is always nearby and wonders shall never, ever cease.

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge.

It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber.

Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.

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