Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.

Love is the most powerful and still most unknown energy in the world.

We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist and forever will recreate each other.

The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.

Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes them and joins them by what is deepest in themselves.

The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others.

Above all, trust in the slow work of God.

You are not a human being in search of a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being immersed in a human experience.

We spend so long trying to be what other people want, that when we look in the mirror, we see a stranger.

During each encounter, ask yourself: How does this incident bring greater awareness into my life?

The law of grab is the primal law of infancy.

Keep your honor code between you and God, you don't break that, no matter who's not looking. God is.

It's tricky with monologues, and I never like to use that word. Like I told the actors, you are talking to somebody; there is no such thing as a monologue.

Part of this new world of completely improvisational terrorism is that there were codes of war that disintegrated in the face of terrorism.

You cannot talk to people successfully if they think you are not interested in what they have to say or you have no respect for them.

When people take greater ownership of their own health care and are encouraged to do that in a health plan, their health gets better. They pursue more wellness opportunities.

Then I went through a whole bunch of crap with my lousy movies and pop records. I had people behind me kind of steering me in that direction, but it wasn't really my bag.

The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.