America hates the artist. It will not admit: the artist is my soul and I want to kill off my soul.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Adolescence is like cactus.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Life, religion and art all converge in Bali. They have no word in their language for 'artist' or 'art.' Everyone is an artist.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source.

You cannot save people. You can only love them.

When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.

The human father has to be confronted and recognized as human, as man who created a child and then, by his absence, left the child fatherless and then Godless.

When love intoxicates your heart, it is difficult for your soul to remain sober.

I came to this world just to give love, just to fill the world with silent song of love, just to feel and share the power of love, just to sing the song of dedication to love.

Stories don't end, " he says. "They just turn into new beginnings." (pg. 123)

Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges.

I think audiences definitely respond to people who are not living the perfect lives. The flawed characters, the people who are struggling. The antiheroes - people like to see that a lot more.

On the floor I am more at ease.

Don't stop, echoes the older Liberian lady's voice. Don't ever stop. My answer to her: I never will.

Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived... I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb.

Make a strong commitment to reach your full potential as a human being.

I think we certainly benefit from social institutions which encourage us towards moral behavior. It's very important to have law. It's very important to have a moral education.