I think you don't grow up until you stop worrying about other people's purposes or lack of them and find the purposes you believe in for yourself.

The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.

Madness, and then illumination.

Every day people judge all other people. The question is whether they judge wisely.

If words can be lethal weapons, I must provide them with an arsenal.

The future is a hundred thousand threads, but the past is a fabric that can never be rewoven.

With life. Rooter says that life is how God gives purpose to the universe.

The only teacher that's worth anything to you is your enemy.

Grief, she reminded herself, is almost always for the mourner's loss.

Human beings *do* metamorphose. They change their identity constantly. However, each new identity thrives on the delusion that it was always in possession of the body it has just conquered.

If you asked me to marry you all over again today I'd say yes, said Valentine.And if I had only met you for the first time today, I'd ask.

Do you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look at the stars. This practice should answer the question.

Reach out, share your truth, tell someone, "This is who I am. This is what I stand for. Hold me to it." Often, we'll do far more for another than we will do for ourselves.

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

There was a time when beheadings were in the public mind because people around the world were getting their heads cut off for various reasons.

My background is in math and science, and I thrive on complexity, and I think lots of people do. People love puzzles; it's human nature to want to solve puzzles.

I remember taking mushrooms at the wrap party, it was like the first and last time I took that.

The goals are not about the sweet smell of success as much as it's about enjoying a damn day on the movie set... I live in a complete state of grace.

The judge's duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the facts.

There are few retreats, that can escape the penetrating eye of avarice.

I make the songs and part of making them is singing them. But what you hear is not me. It's the song. It's through me.