Inspiration more often comes during the work than before it, because the largest part of the job of an artist is to listen to the work.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

You have this and this, soon it will come and this and you are still at this level of knowledge... so poor for you!

One day you'll be like me" is a waste to say. Instead you should "Someday you'll be better than me.

As important as it is to work very hard on your dream, it is even more important to ensure that you are working with the right plan.

We're all stuck between the realm of our desires, their possibilities and the realities of life.

We don't need no trouble! What we need is love!

I was a young man with uninformed ideas. I threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all the time over everything; and to my astonishment the ideas took like wildfire. People made a religion of them.

America stands for freedom, liberty and justice for all. And it's not happening for all right now.

Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men any more than fine feathers make fine birds.

It isn't the Lord who withholds himself from us. It is we who withhold ourselves from him because of our failure to keep his commandments.

Start with the man in the mirror. Start with yourself. Don't be looking at all the other things. Start with you.