The question is: do you want suffering or do you want peace? It's that simple.

There is a depth to life which only comes from our connection to other people. However, we have to find it without becoming a prisoner.

Life is not a competition. No one has to lose for someone else to win. A true blessing blesses everyone.

Your body would not get sick if you held no thought of resentment. It is neither good nor bad of itself. If we hold anything against anyone, we will suffer ourselves.

We have already said more goodbyes than are necessary. Those were goodbyes that brought about the end of partings. We taught each other that no parting is possible.

It is one thing to lose people you love. It is another to lose yourself. That is a greater loss.

I won't leave you. If you're in danger, then I should be with you. I won't let you risk your life alone. We're in this together, remember? That's what you told me when we ran away.

As I very much liked to draw and paint as a child, I entered a special art program in high school, which was very much like being in an art school imbedded in a regular high school curriculum.

I try to hang on to as much mystery as possible. How can we go through our lives not wanting to have any element of surprise?’

All the nations of the earth must learn to live together in peace. Why be prejudiced against anyone because of their race, nationality, or creed? When there's so many real reasons to hate others.

When I ask for a water cress sandwich, I do not mean a loaf with a field in the middle of it.

If God allows you to be stripped of the exterior portions of your life, He means for you to cultivate the interior

Give yourself permission to dream. Fuel your kids' dreams too. Once in a while, that might even mean letting them stay up past their bedtimes.

There has to be a better use for titanium than golf clubs.

Nothing will divide the church so much as the love of power.

When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing.