On the other side of pain, there is still love.

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.

Thinking little of yourself is not humility.

I learned from Whitman that the poem is a temple--or a green field--a place to enter, and in which to feel.

Angels are the powers hidden in the faculties and organs of man

I've got to stop being such a snob about leather-bound books, he reminded himself. E-books do have their moments.

There are two ways of waking up in the morning. One is to say, 'Good morning, God,' and the other is to say, 'Good God, morning'!

Since the beginning of time mankind has used music and dance to commune with the Spirit of Nature and the Spirit of the Universe…

Why do men go to zoos?

Fasting gives your body time to heal itself. It relieves nervousness and tension and gives your digestive system a rest.

The believer in God has to account for the existence of unjust suffering; the atheist has to account for everything else.