The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

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.

In art we are once again able to do all the things we have forgotten; we are able to walk on water; we speak to the angels who call us; we move, unfettered, among the stars.

We as economic society are going to have to pay our whole population to go to school and pay it to stay at school.

Whatever you set for yourself, you can achieve it.

To feel sorry for oneself is one of the most disintegrating things the individual can do to himself.

There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes 'Raise the sail with your stronger hand', meaning you must go after the opportunities that arise in life that you are best equipped to do.

You'll never see me in a true New York raincoat, although I own one. You'll never see me wear rainboots. I guess I'm just not a rain person.

There is never too much care when choosing shoes. Many women consider themselves important but the real evidence of that is on their legs.

Some of the greater things are unseen. That's why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry, or dream.

Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share.

I don't think I've played a lot of crazy people. If ever I had a choice between two movies, I'd try to do whatever was the opposite of what I did last time.

He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.