The best way to dispel negative thoughts is to require that they have a purpose..

As important in a trusting relationship as the truths you share are the lies you never have to tell..

Do what you must, And your friends will adjust..

I have fancied myself a rebel, but at every critical moment of my life, I have been exactly the child my parents raised..

There are subjects in which I wish to become knowledgeable, and subjects in which I wish to remain wise..

There are days in retirement that are the waking equivalent of a dreamless sleep, if you know what I mean..

Making a different mistake every day is not only acceptable, it is the definition of progress..

The hardest thing about reality is returning to it after an hour inside your child's mind..

Being loved by all is little fun Unless you're also loved by one..

The artist's talent sits uneasy as an object of public acclaim, having been so long an object of private despair..

Grammar is not a set of arbitrary rules; it is a compact between people who wish to understand each other..

I count myself lucky, having long ago won a lottery paid to me in seven sunrises a week for life..

You always think you could have done more. That's why you need a friend - to tell you you did all you could..

Among creatures born into chaos, a majority will imagine an order, a minority will question the order, and the rest will be pronounced insane..

If there be no God, then what is truth but the average of all lies..

It finally happened. I got the GPS lady so confused, she said, "In one-quarter mile, make a legal stop and ask directions..

Where the loser saw barriers, the winner saw hurdles..

In every gardener there is a child who believes in The Seed Fairy..

O, how much simpler things would be If eyes could paint or brush could see..

Wherever a mom goes, a prayer has been already there..

It is not happiness until you capture it and store it out of the reach of time..