A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.
Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.
The idea that other perspectives exist may not be obvious to those who are in an emotional state of mind.
Folded hands may conceal a dagger -- Likewise a foe's tears.
It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.
There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation.
Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.
If you are looking for love, you may not find it, but if you love every one for sure, they will return it.
May God in his mercy enable us without obstinacy to perceive our errors.
Food really is fuel - and hydration as well - but for athletic activity, you really got to take it seriously, or else it can negatively impact your performance.
In the Seventies, my children played in the street, read politically incorrect stories, ate home-cooked food and occasional junk and, yes, were sometimes smacked.
Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.
The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person.
The failure of Lehman may have allowed the government to do more to prop up the economy than it otherwise could.
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.
Every child should have a caring adult in their lives. And that's not always a biological parent or family member. It may be a friend or neighbor. Often times it is a teacher.
No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society.
There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.
In the military, they give medals for people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may survive. In business, we give bonuses to people who sacrifice others.
There has to be a measure of faith. That's what this business is all about: trusting in something that may never show up, that you have no concrete proof of.
Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.
