The most boring and unproductive question one can ask of any religion is whether or not it is true.

As victims of hurt, we frequently don't bring up what ails us, because so many wounds look absurd in the light of day.

There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect of having to think about it.

In a secularising world, art has replaced religion as a touchstone of our reverence and devotion.

Be driven by your dreams.

Books have given me a magic portal to connect with people of the past and the present. I know I shall never feel lonely or powerless again.

To be infinite, lose yourself in infinite love.

True inspiration unfolds itself, not by force or it becomes fake. True intuition is also the ability to be observant.

No one but me ever put a hand on me to feel that baby. No one wanted to put his ear against it and listen...You shouldn't have a baby if there's no one who wants to feel it kick or listen to it move.

The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe.

Donald Trump's got to do some big changes, because what he was voted on. But when you think about how to do it, it would take massive expertise, which his people, believe me, do not have.

What do you think? I'm not a starfish or a pepper tree. I'm a living, breathing human being. Of course I've been in love.

After years of having immersed myself in science, I do think that if you master several different ways of thinking, it makes your own thought processes more agile.

Let us do our duty well; let us go straight to God; let us work to become very humble, very patient, very mortified, and very charitable.