The only way to cope with something deadly serious is to try to treat it a little lightly.

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.

The average TV commercial of sixty seconds has one hundred and twenty half-second clips in it, or one-third of a second. We bombard people with sensation. That substitutes for thinking.

Those who hear this solemn call of life and respond with the corresponding supply win in life.

Never since the time of Copernicus have so many experts been so wrong so often with so little humility.

On planes I always cry. Something about altitude, the lack of oxygen and the bad movies. I cried over a St. Bernard movie once on a plane. That was really embarrassing.

I don't see that anybody needs to earn $12 million for three months' work, quite honestly.

A great company will have many once-in-a-liftetime opportunities.

Well, either you have a compartment under this floor, containing a living person, or the property is infested by giant moles

Its very difficult in our society. You cannot impose certain behavioral changes. Education can do it at the right time, probably by high school. After that it is too late.

She was like a mother to me...and I betrayed as a daughter will betray her mother and yet, never stop loving her.

Chris Pittaro is the best rookie I've had in 15 years.