Discovery requires courage and acceptance that we are not in control, and that the future is uncertain.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

People use words to do battle and to hurt one another terribly, tragically and even mortally.

When we want to talk, we can instead listen, and let our attentiveness to another's need to speak be our silent statement.

Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability.

We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion.

The dreamer's untamed eye sees beyond the illusions to the heart of what is real.

There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy.

Love only serves and does not calculate.

If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.

Materialism is an identity crisis.

I stretched out my hand towards the little bookshelf where I kept cookery and devotional books, the most comfortable bedside reading.

Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.

Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.

For death and life, in ceaseless strife, Beat wild on this world's shore, And all our calm is in that balm— Not lost but gone before.

No one should ever be afraid of failing; it's being afraid to give it your all in trying that I urge against.

When I want your opinion, I'll remove the duct tape.--T-SHIRT

I could still do a suit, I just wouldn't have done that exact lapel situation.

The most important knowledge is that which guides the way you lead your life.

I wrote a study about this question, The Lessons of October, which served as a pretext for my elimination from the government.

Christianity is not about moving away from vice to virtue. It's moving away from virtue to Christ.