We have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy.

Your love Should never be offered to the mouth of a Stranger, Only to someone Who has the valor and daring To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife Then weave them into a blanket To protect you.

Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.

I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, 'love lifts me.'

I wish I could show you...the astonishing light of your own being.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

I am in love with every church And mosque And temple And any kind of shrine Because I know it is there That people say the different names Of the One God.

Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.

Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of light...And let it breathe.

This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.

You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.

People who make a living off other people's fortunes or misfortunes are parasites.

Real prayer, the soul-transformi ng kind, is self-discontinu ity. It is a conscious act of self-suspension arising from the wish for something new to occur.

I also wanted to play with Peyton Manning because I thought he could teach me a lot, and he did.

I'm born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.

I will get my respect or I will die.

I don't have any problem with coverage of victims in France. My heart goes out to anyone who was hurt or killed over there.

The most effective teachers embody the teaching they give out.

On the eve of the cross, Jesus made his decision. He would rather go to hell for you than go to heaven without you.

If we show Allah just a little bit of gratitude, He tells us, 'I will increase you, and increase you, and increase you, I swear to it. If you could only show Me the least bit of gratitude.'

If you know how to freestyle, you will never have writer's block.