"You can choose between being a victim of destiny or an adventurer who is fighting for something important."

“Parents must begin to discover their children as individuals of developing tastes and views and so help them be, and see, themselves as thinking, feeling people. It is far too easy for a middle-years child to absorb an over-simplified picture of himself as a sloppy, unreliable, careless, irresponsible, lazy creature and not much more--an attitude toward himself he will carry far beyond these years.”

“But I do believe in the paranormal, that there are things our brains just can't understand.”

Source : "Art Bell: Radio's Master Of The Unexplained Explains Himself". Wired Interview, www.wired.com. April 20, 2009.

“Civilized countries generally adopt gold or silver or both as money.”

Source : Alfred Marshall (2009). “Principles of Economics: Unabridged Eighth Edition”, p.51, Cosimo, Inc.

“Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.”

“The ability to handle stress increases with the practice of meditation. In a culture like ours in which inner, spiritual growth is totally neglected in favor of materialistic pursuits, we might have something to learn from the Hare Krishna devotees' meditational practices.”

“And from the phlox and mignonette Rich attars drift on every hand; And when star-vestured twilight comes The pale moths weave a saraband. And crickets in the aisles of grass With their clear fifing pierce the hush; And somewhere you many hear anear The passion of the hermit thrush.”

“His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling.”

“There's something about comedy, funny things, that people want to pass them along. Serious things and personal things are much more privately enjoyed. That's why there are not a lot of sad viral videos.”