Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are.

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.

We co-create our reality with others in unseen ways.

Sharing one umbrella, We have to hold each other, Round the waist to keep together, You ask me why I'm smiling-It's because I'm thinking, I want it to rain forever.

But there's something missing in them, even the nice ones. It's like they're permanently absent-minded, like that can't quite remember who they are.

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!

The power of lack can trigger so many actions and things! We do because we lack something! We act because we need something!

Creativity is an inherent ability that cannot be taught, only developed.

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

We know so little about the future that to worry about it would be the height of foolishness.

If only for the sake of elegance, I try to remain morally pure.

Creation happens to us, burns into us, changes us, we tremble and swoon, we submit. Creation - we participate in it, we encounter the creator, offer ourselves to him, helpers and companions.