What we have to be is what we are.

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

‎"Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.

The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds

Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.

In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.

People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.

Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being satisfied, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

It is my belief, that we should not be too sure of having found Christ in ourselves until we have found him also in that part of humanity that is most remote from our own.

I’m not sure I trust myself around you I liked you from the start, J.D. I really wish things had been different, that's all.

Iraq is a fabricated state that has failed. It has always been a failure. It exists on the map. On the map, it has some borders, but these borders weren’t drawn naturally.

When I was at school one would have said, 'I swear by the Bible.' But Bibles were not encouraged at Experiment House.

If you want to live life, embrace change.

If you're going to school, you should do what you enjoy.

How do you know you have a servant's heart? Look at your reaction when you are treated like one.

There's a direct link between percentage of young people that are educated and how we live our lives.

I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima - and you know, is the price worth it?

It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

I can cook really well. I started cooking as a kid, so I can fend for myself in the kitchen and even do a little gourmet action.