"If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your wishes. It even shares your humor. This happens about the fifth year. If it doesn't happen you are only keeping an animal."

"Judges don't age; time decorates them."

"A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again."

"In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring."

"I've worked in the prison system, on death row and maximum security. I did that work for six years. I've worked with some of the most difficult people in our society. Buddhism was accessible and helpful for these individuals."

"At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom."

"The theory of undirected evolution is already dead, but the work of science continues."

"Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street."