We tend to defend vigorously things that in our deepest hearts we are not quite certain about. If we are certain of something we know, it doesn't need defending.

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.

People who found something to live and die for always live in the hope of success. They never allow doubts to create distances between them and their harvest time. That is also their decision.

I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves. This ethical basis I call the ideal of the pigsty.

It is only through restraint that man can manage not to suppress himself.

Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.

Follow your path, and let the people talk.

A man's tie should never be louder than his wife.

If you're uncomfortable with your financial advisor, it's probably with good reason.

If properly dried and trimmed, New York-style pizza could be used to make a box for Chicago-style pizza.

One smile relieves a heart that grieves.

If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?