It gets a lot easier to deal with life's curveballs when you're not hiding under layers of fat.
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it.
The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.
When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.
When you can think of yesterday without regret and tomorrow without fear, you are near contentment.
Sometimes when reading Goethe I have a paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny.
The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
Sometimes when I'm alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with the bread, the strong arms that warded off nightmares on the train, the kisses in the arena.
To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.