We turn to stories and pictures and music because they show us who and what and why we are.

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.

A Sufi will say – Everything is beautiful, even the dirt that clings beneath my feet.

The most successful people I know are also the most reliable.

The best way to create a future is to set a goal and take action.

Develop a can-do-spirit and be sure you are not suppressed by the naysayers whose daily actions are meant to discourage you from achieving what you believe.

Even the most pragmatic person fell victim at times to a longing for something other.

Forgiveness in any aspect of something that is complex is the greatest tool.

Those who enjoy the emotion of hating are much like the groups who sate their thirst for blood by hunting and hounding to death helpless animals as an outlet for their emotions.

All our stories are simultaneously unique and desperately similar, aren't they?

The situation in Congo shows nothing for which you could hold Rwanda responsible.

I think it's a terrible mistake to only think in terms of a degree "buying" you something.