The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short. - Abraham Maslow

Since my mother is the type that's called schizophrenogenic in the literature—she's the one who makes crazy people, crazy children—I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

The great lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's backyard.