If you cannot trust yourself, you cannot even trust your mistrust of yourself - so that without this underlying trust in the whole system of nature you are simply paralyzed

This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present.

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

The source of all light is in the eye.

I learned that what happened to me did not have to define who I was. My past could not control my future unless I allowed it to.

Nothing in the world is so strong as a kind heart

God is a rich and bountiful Father and He does not forget His children nor withhold from them anything which it would be to their advantage to receive.

You don't try and put rockets under prime ministers.

One can't love man without hating most of the creatures who pretend to bear his name.

The family is the most important unit in time and in eternity and, as such, transcends every other interest in life.

The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung.

Publishers have in-house editors, but I hire my own before I submit the work to publishers. They appreciate it and I feel more confident about the material.

Ulysses was not comely, but he was eloquent, Yet he fired two goddesses of the sea with love

My gratitude to Ridley [Scott] isn't anything new. I named one of my kids after him. But he's a very important person to me.