The chief thing that separates us from God is the thought that we are separated from God.

We rarely think of the air we breathe, yet it is in us and around us all the time. In similar fashion, the presence of God penetrates us, is all around us, is always embracing us.

God's first language is Silence. Everything else is a translation.

God will bring people and events into our lives, and whatever we may think about them, they are designed for the evolution of His life in us.

For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine.

If one completes the journey to one's own heart, one will find oneself in the heart of everyone else.

Perhaps the shortest and most powerful prayer in human language is help.

The acceptance of all that God has given us and the willingness to let it go - to give it back to him at a moment's notice - that's true human freedom.

You should not take prayer too seriously. There is something playful about God. You only have to look at a penguin ... to realize that He likes to play little jokes on creatures.

What I really wanted was to fall in love with God. It's amazing what obstacles there are within us, or at least in me, that seem to slow this process.

The root of prayer is interior silence.

It is only those who do nothing who makes no mistake.

You desire the end but close your eyes to the means. You want the garden to be beautiful, provided that the smell of manure is kept well away from your fastidious nose.

What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.

If diamonds are a girl's best friend, I wonder if blood diamonds are a girl's best friend 5 days out of the month?

I am not doing it just for the money or for you.I am doing it for me.

I never thought I'd write, because I'd never written anything in my whole life.

Acting is a tough industry. There are a lot of kids out there at drama schools and not a lot of money about, especially as the arts are being cut.

Percy yelled. "What's going- Gah! Shrimpzilla!

The model of publishing is changing and its happening right now, but most publishers are so frightened, they just dont know how to embrace it.

Fake friends are like shadows. They follow you in the sun and leave you in the dark.