These are people who accept the fire of the Holy Spirit, ' he said, 'the fire that is left behind but that is used by so few people to light their candles.

Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.

In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire.

God hides the fires of hell within paradise.

Break the glass, please, and free us from all these damned rules, from needing to find an explanation for everything, from doing only what others approve of.

In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the pricesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.

The spiritual path can only be traveled through the daily experience of love.

Love can only be found through the act of loving.

If I must fall, may it be from a high place.

Fortunate are those who take the first steps.

That was a matter suspended between heaven and earth, awaiting the hand of destiny.

You think you're a role model, and they (protégés)turn around and tell you you're a negative role model.

Some of what I wrote bordered on blasphemy....If there was a God, He would have to be truth. And in that case, candor--however impertinent--would be more pleasing to Him than posturing.

A miracle is not the breaking of physical laws, but rather represents laws which are incomprehensible to us.

People are always asking me when I'm going to retire. Why should I? I've got it two ways - I'm still making movies, and I'm a senior citizen, so I can see myself at half price.

Be stingy with your time and spend it in spaces that fill you up.

Why are our joys remembered more bitter than our woes?

Hi," he says. "I'm Daniel." "Hi," I reply. "I'm June.

The memories of long love gather like drifting snow, poignant as the mandarin ducks who float side by side in sleep.

My most favourite gigs that ever happened were solo, before The Monkees ever happened.

Mary's greatness consists in the fact that she wants to magnify God, not herself.