It still strikes me as strange that anyone could have any moral objection to someone else's sexuality. It's like telling someone else how to clean their house.

We're all worth it, man. We're all worth millions of planets and stars and galaxies and universes.

Although I can't stop all cruelty to living creatures on the planet, I can be kinder to every living creature in my life.

Run to the rescue with love/and peace will follow

I’ve learned that if you can’t get it all together to accomplish this thing called peace, you do at least your part in your life, because that’s where you can truly make an immediate difference.

Sometimes I wish I wasn't as conscious as I am. It would be so much easier.

In simplicity there is truth.

Animals are not our playthings. We are on this earth to protect them. It's our duty.

Animals can't really voice their opinion. We feel as though we can be on of the spokespeople on their behalf.

I don't want to die in a car accident. When I die it'll be a glorious day. It'll probably be a waterfall.

Music is a whole oasis in my head. The creation process is so personal and fulfilling.

So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it.

Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.

Love is all around us

Police officers put the badge on every morning, not knowing for sure if they'll come home at night to take it off.

Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.

I'm a very political person, and I make political choices in my movies.

Well, I think anybody who's had a baby can tell you that once you have a baby, they kind of become the main focus. I don't think there's gonna be a lot of room for anything else.

Our judgements of good and evil ... presuppose God as the standard. If there's no God, there's neither good nor evil. There's just nature doing what it does

Secession is a deeply American principle. This country was born through secession.

Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky. They are people who say: This is my community, and it's my responsibility to make it better.