The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don't know.

Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito.

If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.

He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.

Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

If you teach kids how to tell stories, they have a better chance at everything.

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

Don't live up to your stereotypes.

When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained.

It's not how old you are, it's how you are old.

Our thoughts create our future.

All loss is one, and one loss becomes all, a single death is the key to the gate that bars memory.

If Allah has willed it that way... He must have better plans for you child...

Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there.

It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.

Your own imagination as to the true ability of the permaculture design system, you need to trust the system and stick to main frame basics with profound and thorough thinking while trusting yourself.

My main goal is to be a self-made man and have control over what's mine.

A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.

The highlight of my career? The Olympics, of course.