"The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them."

"Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded."

"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

"No single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. It would be a bit too easy if we could go about borrowing ready-made souls."

"We'll be going to the fish market and a farmer's market this afternoon to get what we need to make and eat dinner as a family. I'm trying to expose my kids to going to a farmers market or the fish market and learning what that's all about."

"The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family."

"Personal sins should not require press releases and problems within a family shouldn't have to mean public confessions."

"It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods."