But unless we are creators, we are not fully alive.

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 only way to change someone's mind is to connect with them from the heart.

No idea how you figured out the riddle, but you scooped the first prize. Congratulations. You've just won a vacation to a big, relaxing place called a grave.

I find rebellion packaged by a major corporation a little hard to take seriously.

Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.

What you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world.

Recently, someone asked me if I believed in astrology. He seemed somewhat puzzled when I explained that the reason I don't is that I'm a Gemini.

Politics enter dangerous ground, when people proclaim there are simple answers for our complex world.

When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.

Love in the young requires as little of hope as of desire to feed upon.