No one can grant you happiness. Happiness is a choice we all have the power to make..

Houses are not haunted. We are haunted, and regardless of the architecture with which we surround ourselves, our ghosts stay with us until we ourselv….

The more you expect from life, the more your expectations will be fulfilled. By laughing, you do not use up your laughter, but increase your store of….

Reality isn't what it used to be..

Doubt is poison. It leads to a loss of faith in yourself, and in all that's good and true..

One of the greatest gifts we receive from dogs is the tenderness they evoke in us.

There's evil in the world, all right. Being aware of it makes you a realist, not a paranoid..

Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true friends; be responsible for yourself and ask nothing of others; and grab all….

Pure, hard-core liberals believe in a superior race. They think they're it. They believe they're more intelligent than the general run of mankind, be….

The selfless love that we give to others, to the point of being willing to sacrifice our lives for them, is all the proof I need that human beings ar….

In the end, it's all about perseverance..

The world howls for social justice, but when it comes to social responsibility, you sometimes cant even hear crickets chirping..

The opportunity to love a dog and to treat it with kindness is an opportunity for a lost and selfish heart to be redeemed. They are powerless and inn….

Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid..

That's all that matters, really: that we can make each other feel better..

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer..

If we were always conscious of the fact that people precious to us are frighteningly mortal, hanging not even by a thread, but by a wisp of gossamer,….

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake..

Sometimes, life seems to have a higher meaning. Events unfold in uncanny sequences. Long-forgotten acquaintances turn up with news that changes lives….

Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But….

Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind..