Time exists so that everything doesn't happen at once.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

My art is an act of creation and destruction, with all the sorrow and joy these engender as well as all the shadow and light these contain.

Behavior speaks… Before you even open your mouth, your actions have told me who you are and what you’re about.

There is a danger of changing too much in the search for perfection.

The more one chases the quanta, the better they hide themselves.

The way we choose to see the world creates the world we see.

Anything that doesn't lead us to that - to better know and serve God - is a waste of time.

I don't believe that in our society that we should have guns.

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.

The employers cannot carry on industry nor accumulate profits if they have not got the good will of the workers or their acquiescence in carrying on such industry.

There are spiders living comfortably in my house while the wind howls outside. They aren't bothering anybody. If I were a fly, I'd have second thoughts, but I'm not, so I don't.