Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.

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.

O God guide my steps in every circumstance.

What I'm after is not living to 1,000. I'm after letting people avoid death for as long as they want to.

There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

Higher ceilings allow the use indirect lighting, which is much healthier and reduces glare.

I've also been with the same girl, Angie, since I was 15.

A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.

I love yoga. I do yoga when I have time, which is not very often.

The truth about the life of a man is not what he does, but the legend which he creates around himself.

For some reason I get this key position of being one of two people that started the company that started the revolution.

When I meet a beautiful girl, the first thing I say is 'will you marry me?'. The second thing I say is, 'how do you do?'