Socrates and Jesus, two teachers of virtue and love, were executed because of the unsettling, threatening power of their souls, which was revealed in their personal lives and in their words.

We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.

A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.

The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close.

You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.

Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world.

It is precisely because we resist the darkness in ourselves that we miss the depths of the loveliness, beauty, brilliance, creativity, and joy that lie at our core.

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.

It may help us, in those times of trouble, to remember that love is not only about relationship, it is also an affair of the soul.

Go where we may, rest where we will, Eternal London haunts us still.

The goal of the soul is to work toward enlightenment.

Of course she wants him to forget her. The last place she wants to reside is in his thoughts. What an unpleasant place to be.

I will not retreat I will find the strength to reach my goal.

The miracle of love comes to you in the presence of the uninterpreted moment. If you are mentally somewhere else, you miss real life.

Emmerich knows how to do "big", but the trick is in making it (movies) both big and fun.

I love color. I feel it inside me. It gives me a buzz.

Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you're already in heaven now.

I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if we're connected. It's great.

Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.

I woke up this morning and I said to my self, 'Self, I think we need to party today'.