Exaggeration is the kissing cousin of both truth and lie.

Freedom can be an acquired taste for those who have never savored it.

Unless you break free from the shackles of beauty as dictated by the media and society, true beauty will be elusive.

Is a tree any less beautiful because it has lost a limb?

History and beauty lie in the baroque wrinkles of old cathedrals. mosques, synagogues, temples and faces whose stories are told without a single word.

The candy colored coral snake.The iridescent blue-ringed octopus.Décolletage.Beware of conspicuous beauty.Its venom can be deadly.

She walks in beauty.I am trampled by it.She swims in beauty.I drown in it.

Roll in the snow.Shower in the rain.Bask in the sun.Weatherproof your soul.

Hard and dry, a chickpea is inedible.Hard and dry, a heart is unlovable.Presoak it in dance, music and art.

Beholdthe azure sea in front of you, the turquoise sky above you, the amber mountain beneath your feet, and the golden daisy in your hands.How are you not the richest person on earth?

Start a rumor aboutpeace taking over, love being the new black, and compassion going viral.

Those things that are not within your control can often be the very things that set you free.

Most worldly goals for so-called success are soul traps similar to quicksand.

If all I get is a little controversy for speaking the truth, if I did less, I would not be worth living.

When I am willing to step into the realm of uncertainty and ambiguity, I open myself up to infinite possibilities.

The perversions are as follows: of royalty, tyranny; of aristocracy, oligarchy; of constitutional government, democracy.

Be the best father you can be to your children. Because nothing is more important.

After 'The Matrix,' I cannot wear sunglasses. As soon as I put them on, people recognize me.

I should have known I am the rain. I am the land and I am the rain. The grass will grow out of me in a little while.

Loving your enemy is a radical concept.