There is an unknown room in the soul that is constantly turning the stuff of daydreams into myths for us, helping us to get at meaning we can't get to through the front door.

Pilgrimage is a powerful metaphor for any journey with the purpose of finding something that matters deeply to the traveler.

That which you are looking for may be calling you to seek.

Inspiration comes and goes, creativity is the result of practice.

What is sacred is what is worthy of our reverence, what evokes awe and wonder in the human heart, and what, when contemplated, transforms us utterly.

Inspiration is a message-in-a-bo ttle from the distant shore, a window into the other world, a tap of the muse's finger, the grace of the gods. It comes when you least expect it.

In each of us dwells a pilgrim. It is the part of us that longs to have direct contact with the sacred.

The pilgrim is a poetic traveler, one who believes that there is poetry on the road, at the heart of everything.

Step by step, a path; stone by stone, a cathedral,' my great-grandfather used to say.

We travel as seekers after answers we cannot find at home

We travel as seekers after answers we cannot find at home, and soon find that a change of climate is easier than a change of heart.

Door money. It’s a distraction. It impedes judgment. It blurs focus. Chasing the almighty dollar can become the root of all evil, the bane of one’s existence.

Every moment is precious and beautiful, filled with love, joy, peace, tranquility, and serenity.

Doomed to Hell. Every last one of you.

In schools with a history of chaos, the teacher who can keep the classroom calm becomes virtually indispensable.

Herman Cain was unaware that China is a nuclear power. And I said to myself, 'Hey, Herman, how about making an unwanted advance on a history book?'

I feel that America is essentially against the artist, that the enemy of America is the artist, because he stands for individuality and creativeness, and that's un-American somehow.

There is many a thing which the world calls disappointment; but there is no such thing in the dictionary of faith. What to others are disappointments are to believers intimations of the will of God.

One of the challenges, I think, is that Americans are not sufficiently vested in foreign policy.

Of course, when one is faced with a canvas, one is no longer alone, and the sense of solitude diminishes. This can be an agreeable passage of time. In fact, solitude then becomes a kind of companion.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.