And there's no getting around the fact that all life lives at the expense of another life.

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.

The decision as to whether to risk one’s actual life or to surrender the ideal self-conception is a decision about who one is.(from The structure of desire and recognition)

They say Australians get that ten-yard stare. It comes from the land and the horizon. You can see all around you for as far as you can see. So you just stare. I do it all the time.

If you thought eighth grade was tough, try it with fangs and a fear of garlic.

Whatever attitude we bring into a situation will be multiplied

If you love yourself, if you truly love yourself, then you'll see other people in yourself, and you won't behave that way.

I wish I'd said it first, and I don't even know who did: The only problems that money can solve are money problems.

It's a lot like nuts and bolts - if the rider's nuts, the horse bolts!

If you would marry suitably, marry your equal.

Like vichyssoise, revenge is a dish best served cold.

Life's nonsense pierces us with strange relation.