But it does no good--solves nothing--to distance myself from the front lines of human need by using the mail as a safe shelter. I believe that serving the best ends of humanity means getting out in th...
Alice's robes were seasonal. She hadn't exactly plannedit that way, but that's how it evolved. In winter there was a long,warm, deep purple terry-cloth robe. In spring she changed to a newblue-and-whi...
It's not that I'm not grateful for all this attention. It's just that fame and fortune ought to add up to more than fame and fortune.
Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts. . . .
Out of the mouths of babes may come gems of wisdom, but also garbage.
My mother was pulling my leg on that one. I have collected so much gift-wrapped trash over the years from people who copped out and hurriedly bought a little plastic cheapie to give under the protecti...
If you do not join the dancing you will feel foolish. So why not dance? And i will tell you a secret: If you do not join the dance, we will know you are a fool. But if you dance, we will think well of...
Any fool can make enough money to survive. It's another thing to keep yourself consistently entertained. It's a lot of work, and a lot of fun, to make a life.
And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together.
Without realizing it, we fill important places in each other’s lives. It’s that way with the guy at the corner grocery, the mechanic at the local garage, the family doctor, teachers, neighbors, cowork...
To ponder is not to brood or grieve or even meditate. It is to wonder at a deep level.
There is a tree. At the downhill edge of a long, narrow field in the western foothills of the La Sal Mountains -- southeastern Utah. A particular tree. A juniper. Large for its species -- maybe twenty...
Th communique repeated the information. He went to the body of his wife and wouldn’t leave it, although she was dead.How strange. why didn’t he run and save his own hide? What made him go back? is it...
Peace is not something you wish for; it's something you make, something you do, something you are, and something you give away!
Making a living and having a life are not the same thing. Making a living and making a life that's worthwhile are not the same thing. Living the good life and living a good life are not the same thing...
Every person passing through this life will unknowingly leave something and take something away. Most of this something cannot be seen or heard or numbered or scientifically detected or counted. It’s...
Does the giraffe know what he's for? Or care? Or even think about his place in things? A giraffe has a black tongue twenty-seven inches long and no vocal cords. A giraffe has nothing to say. He just g...
Above all, if what you've done is stupid, but it works, it ain't stupid.
When I’m finished, I have a sense of accomplishment. A sense of competence. I am good at doing the laundry. At least that. And it’s a religious experience, you know. Water, earth, fire—polarities of w...
We even make ourselves up, fusing what we are with what we wish into what we must become. I'm not sure why it must be so, but it is.