A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

In art we are once again able to do all the things we have forgotten; we are able to walk on water; we speak to the angels who call us; we move, unfettered, among the stars.

You don't need an ocean to feel like you're drowning. You feel it, between your chest and your throat, the weight of it stretching you outside your self, like a dead fish on the shore.

It seems fine to revolt in front of all, but apologizing fro the same in a similar situation makes you feel smallIt is an irony! that's what I call..

Thinking you're immortal is weirdly similar to being immortal.

Directing is much more satisfying to me than acting.

You're a unique person. You should do what you're suited to do. We all should. It's the only way to be happy. That pressure is all outside. It's external.

You can be totally involved, you could admire just the shape of or you could be totally emotionally mushed up into the dance.

The Six Faces of the future are: Fast, Urban, Tribal, Universal, Radical and Ethical.

I look back on the time I've wasted, and I'm just glad I wasted it while I still had the chance.

Cry within. Meditate within. Dive within. Your inner achievements will far outweigh your outer imperfections.