Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.

To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire

If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.

We are not what happened to us, we are what we wish to become.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.

I'm more than a kiss on you worst day, I'm a kiss on your best." - Dr. Jeremy Nichols, Merger Complete

How could a society escape destruction if, when political ties are relaxed, moral ties are not tightened, and what can be done with a people master of itself if it not subject to God?

A period is just the beginning of a lifelong sentence

I once blurted out that I found it impossible to bond with my son Winston because I was too tired. I mean how bloody awful does that sound? What a tosser!

No amount of human willfulness can overcome God's determined love.

My job is to be an artist and thus I use different media to deal with the status of the body in our society.

Actors are the jockeys of literature. Others supply the horses, the plays, and we simply make them run.

Pleasure itself is not a vice

You can't tell stories and really walk in someone's shoes and not have a love for them, even if they're doing horrible things.

There is no emptiness of soul ever for those whose life is devoted to God.