A long-term marriage has to move beyond chemistry to compatibility, to friendship, to companionship. It is certainly not that passion disappears, but that it is conjoined with other ways of love.

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.

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

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.

Never let your uniqueness be compromised

Those who cook up stories will get into hot water.

Self-taught are those without formal education. Most self-taught artists have missing ingredients to their work.

For there to be true maturity, people must be given room to grow, which includes room to fail.

Fear is the anticipation of the pain in the future. Anger is the remembrance of pain in the past. Hostility is wanting to get even.

Fortune, men say, doth give too much to many, But yet she never gave enough to any.

In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess.

I do not think that I was brought up in a unique society with unique features about giving.

I want to write an essay called "Fear of Mexico," because I always feel like Mexico's this lover that never writes to me.

Love what you do...Don't settle