The sacred attitude is, then, one of deep and fundamental respect for the real in whatever new form it may present itself.

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

‎"Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.

The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds

Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.

In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.

People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.

Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being satisfied, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

It is my belief, that we should not be too sure of having found Christ in ourselves until we have found him also in that part of humanity that is most remote from our own.

Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.

When I look at nature I feel as if I'll be able to paint it all, note it all down, and then you might as well forget it once you're working.

We recognize the touch of the Opera ghost.

Democracy does not race, it reaches the finish slowly but surely.

I left drama school and went straight into a 10-week film for which I was paid £75 I might say, which for 1962 was one heck of a lot of money.

Empathize, rather than put your "but" in the face of an angry person.

Any realistic vision of change must be based on the notion of empowerment of people.

To our Soldiers: Thank you again and again, you will always matter, not only on this Memorial Day but every day!

Stop thinking schoolishly. Stop acting teacherishly. Stop talking about learning as though it's separate from life.

Once I’m done with a book, I’m done! I’m just not a sequel kind of girl. By the time I’ve finished a book I’ve read it so many times that it’s time to move on.