“Remain independent of any source of income that will deprive you of your personal liberties.”

“After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good that he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: when you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.”

“Never miss a good chance to shut up.”

“Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.”

“There is no other human activity that depends so much on chance as love.”

“No matter how much he loves you, sometimes he'd just rather have an inch of rain than anything else in the world.”

“My task is to simplify and then go deeper, making a commitment to what remains. That's what I've been after. To care and polish what remains till it glows and comes alive from loving care.”