I tell you this to break your heart, by which I mean only that it break open and never close again to the rest of the world.

it is a serious thing // just to be alive / on this fresh morning / in this broken world.

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.

I don't ask for the sights in front of me to change, only the depth of my seeing.

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.

One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began.

Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.

In this universe we are given two gifts: the ability to love and the ability to question. Which are, at the same time, the fires that warm us and the fires that scorch us.

You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.

To restore and keep the public's confidence in the integrity of their government, state government and its officials must be open, honest and transparent.

For me, the camera is like an entrance to the private lives of other people. And if you are curious like me, it is a fantastic tool.

To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.

I have 13 dependents. All of them have 140 IQ or better, except me. I'm under 100 IQ, and I support them all.

If I've done anything I'm sorry for, I'm willing to be forgiven.

You don't have to flaunt your success, but you don't have to apologize for it, either

What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.

I've spent so much time in that makeup that I'm now unrecognizable. The business doesn't know who I am.

We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.

Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.