Remember that there is only one important time and that is now. The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person you are with, who is rig...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was right when he claimed, 'In politics, what begins in fear usually ends up in folly.' Political activists are more inclined, though, to heed an observation from Richard Nixon...

She was the kind of shopkeeper who finishes the paragraph she is reading before waiting on the customer.

She will listen to BBC radio and hear the accounts of the deaths and the riots - religious with undertones of ethnic tension the voice will say. And she will fling the radio to the wall and a fierce r...

No sound, once made, is ever truly lost. In electric clouds, all are safely trapped, and with a touch, if we find them, we can recapture those echoes of sad, forgotten wars, long summers, and sweet au...

No, never mind, I didn't think so. Mead, Dante's theme is man-not a man.' Lowell said finally with a mild patience that he reserved only for students. The Italians forever twitch at Dante's sleeves tr...

Nobody ever wanted to go to war, but if a war came your way, it might as well be the right war, about the most important things in the world, and you might as well, if you were going to fight it, be c...

Of all the Hathaway sisters, Cam said equably, Beatrix is the one most suited to choose her own husband. I trust her judgment.Beatrix gave him a brilliant smile. Thank you, Cam.What are you thinking?...

Of course. Ask your librarian. Always the right answer.

Often, our misunderstandings about love are born in disruptive family relationships, where someone was either one-up or one-down to an extreme. There is an appropriate and necessary difference in the...

Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!It seems she hangs upon the cheek of nightLike a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear,Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.So shows a snowy dove trooping...

Jacob's room is the place entropy goes to die.

La curiosidad es la madre de todos los pecados, pero también de todas las ciencias.

Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on how they're used.

Life is full of risks. Death is much simpler.

Look at us. We build giant highways and murderously fast cars for killing each other and committing suicide. Instead of bomb shelters we construct gigantic frail glass buildings all over Manhattan at...

Mindful Awareness. Be fully involved in the moment—right now! Developing this ability instills a sixth sense for navigating connections. Be intentional and thoughtful; listen and care.

My wish for you, Kallistos, is that you survive as many battles in the flesh as you have already fought in your imagination. Perhaps then you will acquire the humility of a man and bear yourself no lo...

Nah. I'm a tough cookie. Except for the cancer, I'm fine.

Nick chided a censor, who wished some books gone, and suggested she scan Fahrenheit 451. For the book-budget cutters, Old Claus had no plan, cause if they could read, they just read Ayn Rand.