[T]hat I could find company and consolation and hope in an object pulled almost at random from a bookshelf--felt akin to an instance of religious grace.
Most people aren't in touch with their body and tend to live in their thoughts.
The world 'out there' won't change until the world 'in here' does.
When you blame and criticize others, you are avoiding some truth about yourself.
The three things you can offer your children to change them: attention, appreciation and affection.
Relinquish your attachment to the known, step into the unknown, and you will step into the field of all possibilities
The abuse of food, alcohol, or drugs is essentially a material response to a need that isn't really physical at its foundation. . What we are looking for is pure joy rather than mere sensation, or even oblivion of sensation. Addiction is unrecognized spiritual craving.
The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space.
My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do
The American language differs from the English in that it seeks the top of expression while English seeks its lowly valleys.
It is the state of mind of the person wielding the instrument that determines to what end it will be put.