Giving yourself is the ultimate revolution.

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.

Terry loved candlelight dinners and red wine. It was a nice contrast from work.And killing people.

The poet wants justice. And the poet wants art. In poetry we can't have one without the other.

We're going to get [bin Laden]. Dead or alive, it doesn't matter to me.

Life's two most important questions are Why? and Why not? The trick is knowing which one to ask.

You can't reach your potential without haters.

Unpaid work never commands respect.

If someone wants to give me the lead in anyone of those films, and deal with those other complications, terrific, Im ready for them.

Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.

Im inspired by throwing out any darkness that is inside of me. For me, art cures.

You have to envision yourself winning to win.