We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

You may be guided by the unending effort of poets and artists, biologists and psychiatrists to describe that irreplaceable and still mysterious emotion so essential to the human condition, but all the search engines in the universe cannot compete with the first kiss.

Here is a secret that no one has told you: Real life is junior high.

The cancer is in remission, and I will shortly go on a drug maintenance regimen to keep it there.

I've seen a lot of seasons, change in my time. It's been a very lucky life.

There are lots of dimensions to being a cancer patient. The overwhelming one is that it takes over your life.

In the seasons of life, I have had more than my share of summers.

The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.

“But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.” 

“Slippery use of the word “privilege” is part of a vogue of calling achievements “privileges”—a vogue which extends far beyond educational issues, spreading a toxic confusion in many other aspects of life.” 

“Life does not ask what we want. It presents us with options” 

“Bailing out people who made ill-advised mortgages makes no more sense that bailing out people who lost their life savings in Las Vegas casinos.” 

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”

“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”

“Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.”

“Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts or happenings. It consist mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever flowing through one's head.”

“Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

If you want love and abundance in your life, give it away.

“I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened”

“Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living.”

“There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.”

“Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.”

“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. ”