Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed.

All children have gifts, some open them at different times.

Honey is sweet, "and so is knowledge, but knowledge is like the bee that made that sweet honey, you have to chase it through the pages of a book." (taken from "Thank you, Mr. Falker" )

You were born with the power to change others. You change people by the way you treat them. That is what changes the human heart.

Stars are holes in the sky, they are the light of Heaven coming from the other side.

You’d have to go through at least four different hugs to get from the kitchen to the front room. Those relatives!’.

When you come from a family of storytellers, you're doomed. You just have to tell stories.

I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad!

I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad! But life and death go hand in hand. It's our condition as human beings.

Much of what is called Christianity has more to do with disguising the ego behind the screen of religion and culture than any real movement toward a God beyond the small self, and a new self in God.

The power of attention is much greater than the force of self-restraint.

You are everything you should be, and all that is enough. Be proud of who you are, and love who you will become.” – Lady Lalaigne to Nhakira, “Chosen

The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving.

Clay is moulded to make a vessel, but the utility of the vessel lies in the space where there is nothing. . . . Thus, taking advantage of what is, we recognize the utility of what is not.

We have to believe that every person counts, counts as a creative force that can move mountains.

The only weapons I ever had were my cello and my baton.

The first thing a great person does is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance.

We must rapidly wean ourselves off our dependence on coal and fossil fuels.

In Egypt, the living were subordinate to the dead.