Compassion without discipline is egregious self-sabotage.

That was the funny thing. What happened to John would pass for his classmates, but for John it was a long challenging road ahead of him. Who knew where he would be sent, maybe a juvenile detention cen...

THE BEST people are the good old wrinkled people with a sparkle in their eye, a wink when you walk by or a toothless smile saying you are doing just fine ...

Once upon a time, I wish I had sneezed. The end.

I may act like I don't care anymore, but if only you could see me inside, you'll know how much I wanted to be with you.

Make peace with yourself before you move forward. Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward.

Education is just KnowledgeYour attitude, Your Behavior Is not depends on YourEducation

In the detective story, as in its mirror image, the Quest for the Grail, maps (the ritual of space) and timetables (the ritual of time) are desirable. Nature should reflect its human inhabitants, i.e....

She's fire...but she will not burn you. She knows all too well how it feels to live with ashes.

The sun never has an inferiority complex. It shines the same whether above or below.

Number of empty Ben & Jerry's containers: 3 -- two mint chocolate cookie, one plain vanilla. (Who buys plain vanilla ice cream from Ben & Jerry's, anyway? Is there a greater waste?)

The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.

WE two boys together clinging,One the other never leaving,Up and down the roads going, North and South excursions making,Power enjoying, elbows stretching, fingers clutching,Arm'd and fearless, eating...

Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.

The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.

And yet a child’s utter innocence is but its blank ignorance, and the innocence more or less wanes as intelligence waxes.

You cannot go to the cemetery and ask to be enlightened on matters of this kind, though it would ease my mind considerably if you could.