The bad thing about falling into pieces is that it hurts. The good thing about it is that once you're lying there in shards you've got nothing left to protect, and so have no reason not to be honest

But I finally concluded that it is an inalienable right of lovers everywhere to become temporarily worthless to the world, it may even be their duty.

We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.

And into the brown paper bag of my heart, Eddy slipped a smile.

To me, it's a great day every time I receive a letter from somebody who climbed inside one of my books, inhabited it for a while, learned a little something, and emerged grateful.

I started having doubts right on top of my certainty.

Music is just a word for something we love largely because it consists of things that words can't express. Likewise, the heart is just a word for something in us that music sometimes touches.

... the best way to strip the allure and dreaminess from a lifelong dream is, very often, simply to have it come true.

Ecosystems are holy. The word "environmental" is a deadly compromise itself. It's a policy word that lives only in the head, and barely there.

But churches always have been the leading cause of the need for churches.

The principles that will save Earth's life are the same principles that save the living souls of humans: ineluctable spiritual principles.

In deep silence, close your eyes and let your heart fly by spreading those wings of love in an unknown sky.

Imagine if we had no secrets, no respite from the truth. What if everything was laid bare the moment we introduced ourselves?

Girls dropping out of school because of early and unwanted pregnancies. The reason? They did not realize the value they possess in their body.

Does anyone here speak English? Or even Ancient Greek?— A very lost Marcus Brody

If second hand smoke is killing that many people and nicotine is so addictive then why is no one addicted to second hand smoke?

When people count me out, that gets me motivated.

A big part of my job is to remember failure, and reboot failure, when the timing is right.

Between these two, the denying of sins, which we have done, and the bragging of sins, which we have not done, what a space, what a compass is there, for millions of millions of sins!

All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits.

We can do it better, more consistently, and in the end, it will cost us less because the students that we produce will be superior to those without technology experience.