It is possible to suffer and despair an entire lifetime and still not give up the art of laughter.

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.

Maybe the books can get us half out of the cave. They just might stop us from making the same damm insane mistakes!

Basker possesses three kinds of bite: a snap, a nip, and then something like a buzz saw and an angle grinder mounted on a bear trap.

When silence is a living thing, it can be a friend, sometimes even a comfort.

Shaq is not the man. He's the man because the NBA wants him to be the man, but before you can be the man, you've got to be the man.

We are like Hansel and Gretel, leaving bread crumbs of our personal information everywhere we travel through the digital woods.

I really like to communicate to my fans. I have a fan club president who I've had for over 15 years.

A new oath holds pretty well; but... when it is become old, and frayed out, and damaged by a dozen annual retryings of its remains, it ceases to be serviceable; any little strain will snap it.

My work is to be honest. My work is to try to think clearly, then have the courage to make sure that what I say is the truth.

The most successful scientists in the history of the world are those who posed the right questions

Sometimes I identify myself as 25 and I dare someone to tell me different!