I steeled myself against laughter; I would rather die than laugh. I didn’t laugh, I did not laugh. But I died, I did die.

But, like ivy, we grow where there is room for us.

Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees.

That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of it.

What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.

I laughed and said, Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here, and when you leave, it will be hard again.

Don't wait to be sure. Move, move, move.

We come from long lines of people destined never to meet.

... we had once called out hello into the cauldron of the world and then run away before anyone could respond.

Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed.

I cried in English, I cried in french, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the world.

The failure of the citizens to pray for the country, will lead to its downfall.

The hard truth is that sometimes we need to lie to ourselves to continue to live

You can't always choose which. Sometimes you have to BE which.

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him.

Americans cannot be the policemen of the world. We cannot protect countries all over the world.

But though that place I never gain, Herein lies comfort for my pain: I will be worthy of it.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations is really an uncreative mind.

The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen.

All the different ways we know the world all come from the brain, and they all depend on each other to make sense.

One of the difficulties of photography is that it is much better at being explicit than at being reticent.