I share Einstein's affirmation that anyone who is not lost in rapturous awe at the power and glory of the mind behind the universe "is as good as a burnt out candle."

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.

Those who say that having childlike faith means not asking questions haven't met too many children.

That is fundamentally the only courage which is demanded of us: to be brave in the face of the strangest, most singular and most inexplicable things that can befall us

Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life.

I had my first bowl of gazpacho when I was fifteen in Spain, and the impression it made was a lasting one.

The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.

You learn your lessons from the mistakes you make, not the things you achieve.

The women all want to dance. I dance all night every night.

If you stay in this business long enough, you're liable to hit it big.

Ignore what a man desires and you ignore the very source of his power.

A colony, yet a nation - words never before in the history of the world associated together.