History is more or less bunk.
When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.
Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.
Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
I strained around against the crowd and saw Van looking with disgust at an older guy in a nice suit who was kind of smirking at her. She was digging in her purse and I knew what she was digging for.
Worries go down better with soup than without.