Oh child, your language is so utterly simple and limited that it has the affect of extreme complication. -Aunt Beast

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.

Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.

Good deeds awakens the good spirit of every soul.

You would not be experiencing great change unless you were ready for transformation. Embrace the new you that's emerging.

If you think that your partner has been cheating, then take a look at their will. If a past lover is in there, then it is probable that some form of infidelity has occurred.

When someone asks me, 'What do you do?' under my breath I want to say, 'Ask my f--king bank account what I do,'

Applications for loans would be judged on a nation's social justice record as well as its economic efficiency.

At 69, I got the girl! And it wasn't a 68-year-old girl, either.

So I'm trying to spread myself to the point to where I can do the night shows and not have to worry about the matinees, and do one or two matinees down through the year.

I've been called a minimalist composer for more than 30 years, and while I've never really agreed with the description, I've gotten used to it.

Yoga is a dance within…and then something inside you grows so big, it spills out like champagne, that’s when you dance on the outside.