The substance of faith is a hope in the unseen.

Who besides guys like me are part of the reality-based community?

Confidence is the public face of competence.

Rapid change, accommodating it can be one of the great human capacities. But living through it can be the stuff of stress and often suffering.

For any thinking person, it (perpetual happiness) is untenable. If you're a thinking person, your upbeat sometimes, said sometimes.

The idea that our son would be like Raymond Babbitt was a shocking reordering of everything. And something we couldn't quite fathom, really.

If you happened to be born on third base, you didn't rub it in the face of the guy who wasn't even born in the stadium. Self-interest was generally checked at the door with your coat and hat.