"Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say."

"Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be."

"The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living."

"It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it."

"A heart touched by genuine kindness never loses its warmth. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"A heart touched by genuine kindness never loses its warmth. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"I don't have this fantasy about marriage anymore. Everyone says it takes hard work. Well, it kind of does - and I'm much more pragmatic about romance than I used to be."

"The darkest nights often reveal that the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."