Fate and destiny are close woven within us and near them can be found the true genius of our lives.

When you step further into the story you came to live, not only does the mythic territory open, but the deep self moves and the world of imagination and meaning comes towards you.

Each person is a story that the Soul of the World wants to tell to itself.

Emotions are the natural substances of the soul ... and when we think we can't handle the emotions, we lose the natural substances of the soul and begin looking for substances to replace the flow.

Everyone gets wounded in this world and everyone has within them some golden qualities that can serve to heal the wounds of time and the traumatic effects of human tragedy.

As a culture, we turn away from people just when they are in times of change. That's when most communities used to embrace people, so the individual and the culture both benefited.

A false sense of security is the only kind there is.

When a culture simply shrugs about what happens to people in war, it breaks the fragile sequence, the bond between all people.

The desire to be part of something greater and to occupy life more fully, is also a desire to touch and be touched by the living imagination that sustains each soul and all of life.

While you had the chance to live, did you become your true self?

Genius is the basis for the deepest type of mentoring. When true learning occurs genius teaches genius and both the teacher and the student grow.

there's always been a little sadnessinside my happiness.i've never been able to separate the two.

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

In the U.K. I'm probably better known as a comedy writer - or certainly that's my background is in writing comedy.

Every morning I stay in bed for ten minutes to ponder my place in the universe. Then I wash my face and check my karma.

Don't feel sorry for yourself if you have chosen the wrong road, turn around.

Somehow in the middle of the L.A. trendiness, Boston conservation, New York chic and San Francisco intellectual mellow, there's a place where everything meets.

Pervading all nature we may see at work a stern discipline , which is a little cruel that it may be very kind.

Connect. Embrace. Liberate. Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You'll see the difference it makes.

Football players are misunderstood. They arent the dumb jocks people think they are.

Every action has its pleasures and its price.