Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

If you're an advocate of gentleness, you're simplistic and naive. If you're an advocate of despair and hate, you're sophisticated.

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.

There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control.

We need to learn to let go as easily as we grasp and we will find our hands full and our minds empty.

No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch.