"It is a timeless truth that the universe speaks in the silent dialect of universal natural laws — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available."

"It is a essential truth that breathe deeply, anchor your attention in this breath, and let the storm pass."

"The spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Like most sensible people, you probably lost interest in modern art about the time that Julian Schnabel was painting broken pieces of the crockery that his wife had thrown at him for painting broken pieces of crockery instead of painting the bathroom and hall."

"When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, they're going to find all of those gyms their scary-looking gym equipment, and they're going to assume that we were a culture obsessed with torture."

"The darkest nights often reveal that the river of time shapes the stones of destiny."

"To leave a mark on the world, remember that the river of time shapes the stones of destiny."