What I’ve realized is that life doesn’t count for much unless you’re willing to do your small part to leave our children — all of our children — a better world. Any fool can have a child. That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.

No amount of regretting can change the past, and no amount of worrying can change the future.

Sometimes the wisest choice is to avoid reading between the lines even though the message is clear.

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself.

I hope I don't write TOO many books! When I look at authors who have written too many books, I wonder to myself "When did they live?"I certainly want to write BECAUSE I live! I know I don't want to write in order to live! My writing is an overflow of the wine glass of my life, not a basin in which I wash out my ideals and expectations.

Most good things have already been said far too many times and just need to be lived.

The conception of each star was at the point of no return; of a desperate soul struggling to master the winds!

We choose our next world through what we learn in this one. Learn nothing, and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome.

Practice self-reflection and introspection by regularly examining your thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Develop healthy relationships by communicating openly, actively listening, and showing empathy.