There were always people like the pope. They serve a certain function, of course. They subsidize us. But, they don't create anything and they must never be allowed to stop the artist from creating.

The purpose of relationships is not happiness, but transformation.

Our weaknesses are divine gifts that when embraced will enable us to make our purposeful contribution to the whole, which is why we incarnated in the first place.

I always admired atheists. I think it takes a lot of faith.

There is nothing sadder in this world than the waste of human potential. The purpose of evolution is to raise us out of the mud, not have us grovelling in it.

Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don't necessarily understand, just decides to go to the store for a quart of milk.

When we are conscious of our personal uniqueness and our universal nature we express ourselves creatively. In this way we fulfill our dreams and our life purpose.

One person can have a profound effect on another. And two people... well, two people can work miracles. They can change a whole town. They can change the world.

There is one thing that all true spirituality has in common, whether that spirituality is derived from faith, from science, from nature or from the arts - a sense of wonder.

Insight occurs when, and to the degree that, one knows oneself.

Real meaningful endeavours, the biggies in human existence, often require the sacrifice of others.

The most significant change in a person's life is a change of attitude. Right attitudes produce right actions.

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.

It is a low thing to always want to be understood. Let my innocence take care of itself.

I just found over the years that it's very hard to change people's perception of what it is that you do.

Can the perpetrator of a "senseless" crime use transcendence as a defense?

The downward spiral of Dumbness in America is about to hit a new low.

There are many stages of grief.

The Liberty of the press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman.

More people should use their library.

I was particularly anxious that I shoot the tires out of the class system. All it is these days is a hobby of certain masochists, and certain sadists.