Occupation: Writer Birth: January 23, 1938 Death: November 15, 2010
When I get to where I can enjoy just lying on the rug picking up lint balls, I will no longer be too ambitious..
perfectionism is a slow death. if everything were to turn out just like i would want it to, just like i would plan for it to, then i would never expe….
If the ocean was pure mind and I was a wave, I would be in terror if Itried to distinguish myself fromthe water that produced me.What is a wave witho….
When we recognize that nothing has to go right for us to be happy, that people do not have to behave for us to love them, our walk home can be surpri….
Love, the magician, knows this little trick whereby two people walk in different directions yet always remain side by side..
There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen..
There are only three things you need to let go of judging, controlling, and being right. Release these three and you will have the whole mind and twi….
Happiness is a present attitude and not a future condition..
It's this simple: If I never try anything, I never learn anything. If I never take a risk, I stay where I am..
An argument is always about what has been made more important than the relationship..
Because the results are unpredictable, no effort of mine is doomed to failure..
Unless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues..
There is nothing more painful than walking around with bitterness in your heart..
The ego, as a collection of our past experiences, is continually offering miserable lines of thought. It's as if there were a stream with little fish….
Sometimes when I generalize, I am saying, 'Let's pretend I am God,' and of course the other person argues that point endlessly. But I notice that if ….
Very seldom will a person give up on himself. He continues to have hope because he knows he has the potential for change. He tries again - not just t….
When I have listened to my mistakes, I have grown..
Problems assault us to the degree they preoccupy us. The key to release, rest, and inner freedom is not the elimination of all external difficulties.….
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them..
I talk because I feel, and I talk to you because I want you to know how I feel..
Whenever I find myself arguing for something with great passion, I can be certain I'm not convinced..