If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.

Whoever debases others is debasing himself.

Whose little boy are you?

...all the fears with which I had grown up, and which were now a part of me and controlled my vision of the world, rose up like a wall between the world and me...

A civilization is not destroyed by wicked people it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.

I know that people can be better than they are. We are capable of bearing a great burden, once we discover that the burden is reality and arrive where reality is.

Anyway, I have long had a very definite tendency to tune out the moment I come anywhere near either a pulpit or a soapbox.

If you know whence you came, there is really no limit to where you can go.

The story is told of yourself.

It's no good saying one thing and doing another.

When you're making an independent film what you don't have in time and money you have to make up with creativity and diligence.

Most of the time I think we're really pretty positive and optimistic, and we're so lucky to have the life that we have and had with him.

When you stand up for yourself, you are standing up for everyone who will follow your positive example!

When we focus on what is good and beautiful in someone, whether or not we think that they "deserve" it, the good and beautiful are strengthened merely by the light of our attention.

My family had a habit of collecting creatures that didn't always want to be pets. The first animal I can remember was a Lab named Zoe.

Good companies will meet needs; great companies will create markets.

Yes, design can make you happy.

You can't just stick with what you know, you have to evolve.