I had never seen the end of day and the beginning of the night greet each other. We were caught in the loveliness between the two. A House Like a Lotus

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

Money can buy you everything to fill your time but it cannot buy time itself. And things are definitely not time.

Sometimes you must behave like a tunnel! If a formidable mountain is on your way, thrust through it!

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

Nancy Reagan fell down and broke her hair.

Treat everyone with kindness, dignity, compassion and respect, irrespective of whether you think they understand or not.

Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe.

Don't repeat the lies of the liars.

Quality tends to fan out like waves.

My family were hitters. If you made them laugh, they didn't hit you. My dad wouldn't hit me if I got him with humor right between the eyes.

Balance isn't either/or; it's 'and'.