There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all.
What bothers me about TV is that it tends to take our minds off our minds.
The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.
Play is a uniquely adaptive act, not subordinate to some other adaptive act, but with a special function of its own in human experience.
I think experience is a terribly overrated idea when it comes to thinking about who should become president.
Experience helped Richard Nixon, but it didn't save him, and it certainly wasn't a blanket endorsement. He blundered terribly in dealing with Vietnam.
Awareness requires a rupture with the world we take for granted; then old categories of experience are called into question and revised.
In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds.
I'd rather have Daniel Boulud have 20 restaurants than some restauranteur. It's going to make the food in our country better.
The modern rise of Alzheimer's Disease in the twentieth century is not a sign of failure. It's a sign of success. Success in living long enough to see that disease expressed.
The trust institutions have in the marketplace, the confidence customers and suppliers and workers and employees have, are very important to a business's effectiveness.
It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.
Buddhist practices offer a way of saying, 'Hey, come back over here, reconnect.' The only way that you'll actually wake up and have some freedom is if you have the capacity and courage to stay with the vulnerability and the discomfort.
However painful the process of leaving home, for parents and for children, the really frightening thing for both would be the prospect of the child never leaving home.
Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.
Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.
Cereal eating is almost a marker for a healthy lifestyle. It sets you up for the day, so you don't overeat.
Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world's resources. A vegetarian diet is better.
The great conservative insight is that order is really hard to achieve. It's really precious, and it's really easy to lose.
Having women on boards is good for women, good for the economy and good for society. A win-win-win outcome: how rare.
Many talk about a guest worker program. I think most reasonable people believe that a guest worker program in the farming industry, perhaps in the gardening and landscape industries, is reasonable.
