My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they dread more the anger that is rarely or never expressed openly, wondering how awful it might be

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

A very slight change in our habits is sufficient to destroy our sense of our daily reality, and the reality of the world about us the moment we pass out of our habits we lose all sense of permanency and routine

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those reasons don't correspond to organizational goals. So it is crucial to recognize, reward, and celebrate accomplishments

To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame to copy faults is want of sense

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

The best smell in the world is that man that you love