In the attempt to make scientific discoveries, every problem is an opportunity — and the more difficult the problem, the greater will be the importance of its solution.

We're as ephemeral as raindrops. We all fall, and we all land somewhere.

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to 'accept' Christ without forsaking the world.

Worshipers never leave church...we carry our sanctuary with us wherever we go.

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

Faith is not a conclusion you reach...it's a journey you live.

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.

Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.

You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.

Look closely at nature. Every species is a masterpiece, exquisitely adapted to the particular environment in which it has survived. Who are we to destroy or even diminish biodiversity?

It's true that I never wanted to grow up. But how important was it really — to have decided to be human?

The Soul's knowledge, which pertains only to you - should be acted upon today and put to good use.

Nothing in the universe is impermeable to the flow of love.

My greatest strength as an actor is that I follow my director's brief completely. The film is always the director's visual baby.

I used to tell everyone I met to be an artist..... I don't do that any more.

Everything you have is to give. Thou art a phenomenon of philosophy and an unfortunate man.

I'm a sap, I'll cry at anything. But I don't cry when I feel manipulated, or when there's a music cue telling me to.

I don't know what "normal" means, anyway.

The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit.

Nice criticism is good when it tells you something. A lot of negative "criticism" isn't criticism at all: it's just nasty, "writerly" cliché and invective.