Young children have no sense of wonder. They bewilder well, but few things surprise them. All of it is new to young children, after all, and equally gratuitous.

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

No one escapes the wilderness on the way to the promised land.

At a certain point, you say to the woods, to the sea, to the mountains, the world, Now I am ready. Now I will stop and be wholly attentive. You empty yourself and wait, listening.

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.

As a life's work, I would remember everything - everything, against loss. I would go through life like a plankton net.

Experiencing the present purely is being empty and hollow; you catch grace as a man fills his cup under a waterfall.

According to Inuit culture in Greenland, a person possesses six or seven souls. The souls take the form of tiny people scattered throughout the body.

The answer must be, I think, that beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.

I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck.

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.

All our knowledge has its origin in our perceptions

The amount of money you make ethically is directly proportionate to the value you add in others people’s life

Your values define who you truly are. Your true identity is the sum total of your values.

If someone said "Write a sentence about your life " I'd write "I want to go outside and play."

Scientists say that human beings are made of atoms, but a little bird told me that we are also made of stories

One of the great things about my job is I get to do all of these things that I may not experience had I not been an actor.

Waking up every day and coming to the ballpark and playing baseball ... that's a good feeling.

You remind me of everything that followed.

I'm okay with having horrible lower teeth.