It used to be that god was revealed in the wonders of nature; now God was being challenged by those same wonders. Scholars were now required to choose one side or the other.

A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

I've never seen any life transformation that didn't begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit.

Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.

This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.

There's always another level up. There's always another ascension. More grace, more light, more generosity, more compassion, more to shed, more to grow.

You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight.

Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.

If you're going to answer the call and you're going to transform and you're going to change, get ready. It is not a day at the beach.

Everybody wants love but not everyone wants to love.

Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.

Everything passes. Joy. Pain. The moment of triumph

In the language of an actor, to know is synonymous with to feel

There is no word for time. Today we will not think to number another summer or watch its white bird into the ground.

Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can't quite name.

I can't do anything quietly anymore.

I saw people rise out of poverty right in front of me. ... It made me believe that the market was the most powerful tool for change that we could hope to have.

The Gospel is not an alternative, it’s an ultimatum.

A remembrance can mean nothing to the one remembered; it can only remind the ones left behind how little they did while you were still alive.