And even as each one of you stands alone in God's knowledge, so must each one of you be alone in his knowledge of God and in his understanding of the earth.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

I love religious nuts. They make me remember I have them too. So, being a health nut, I scratch them religiously. Just as I do my butt.

She was learning something important: how to live within the sound of her own slow breathing, how to love the view when her eyes were shut.

I had four years of auditions, and nothing happened, until Francis Ford Coppola took a shot on me ['Tetro' in 2009]. I hadn't done a film, and suddenly I was the lead.

A good product can last forever.

This is our festival and on this day we are all Indians. We celebrate the festival by maintaining the spirit of brotherhood.

Actually I liked that 'Let the Right One In,' that Swedish vampire movie.

The creation of a work of art, like an act of love, is our one small 'yes' at the center of a vast 'no.'

I don't think talking about myself making songs is a very interesting topic, there are so many other more engaging things to think about and write about.

Cities - I'm attracted to them, and I have a special attachment to New York...it's my place.

The book forces itself into my mind when I am lugging furniture, or pulling weeds.