We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate it oppresses.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.

To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire

If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.

We are not what happened to us, we are what we wish to become.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.

Our names were made for us in another century.

Over the last few years, my comfort level with how I look has improved. My age has helped. You get used to yourself and accept yourself.

Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent.

I manage through a sense of humor. We all work hard, and work has to be a really interesting, fun place. And that has to start at the top.

Shyness is invariably a suppression of something. It's almost a fear of what you're capable of.

I did six series for the BBC and that was enough. I've been writing for ten years, which is more challenging artistically.

I'm very involved in the writing on every level.

I conjure you, my brethren, to remain faithful to earth, and do not believe those who speak unto you of super terrestrial hopes! Poisoners they are, whether they know it or not.

I'm lucky enough to split my time between the field and the office. Some land surveyors in larger outfits can work mostly from behind a desk, managing many field crews at once.

Once, I had to clip a jacket back to take a picture, and after they were done I forgot to remove the clip until someone noticed.