Everything depends on inner change; when this has taken place, then, and only then does the world change.

The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education and propaganda.

When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.

I think no human being can give more than this. Making life possible for the other, if only for a moment.

A human being becomes whole not in virtue of a relation to himself [only] but rather in virtue of an authentic relation to another human being(s).

The atheist staring from his attic window is often nearer to God than the believer caught up in his own false image of God.

Solitude is the place of purification.

Every person born in this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

To love God truly, one must first love man. And if anyone tells you that he loves God and does not love his fellow-man, you will know that he is lying.

That sense of happiness just out beyond my reach - I'm not sure I'd grasped that exactly, but I'd got something close to it, contentment maybe, or at least a functioning routine with regular rewards.

They say there is six degrees of separation between you and another person. However, when people are praying for you there are only two degrees.

Dreams are prophecies.

The point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end.

What I try to do is to appreciate every job I have while I'm working on it.

I believe that style is the only real luxury,that is really desirable

Animation is the only thing I ever wanted to do in my whole life. I have no desire for live-action or anything else.

It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.

If life can end in one minute - so damn quickly with no damn warning - you better do what you want to do now right this minute. Because your next minute might not happen.

I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it.