we’re all a grab bag of good and eveil, and by and large can’t tell which is which

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 person or nation begins to live and act according to the word of God, as a result of change in the value system and therefore life around them changes

God isn’t finished with you when you retire! When we know Christ, we never retire from His service.

Making music and art is about expressing something that's universally human, maybe even beyond human, at best.

I pity people who do not care for Society. They are poorer for the oblation they do not make.

We don't need gold plated highways. We don't need zoning commissions which penalize offices at home and promote car commutes.

Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.

Unless you make allowances for your friends foibles, you betray your own.

A lot of making a movie is the comfort level of the people. It's just feeling open. We need to get along. We have to know something about each other.

A servant cannot be greater than his master.

Everyone has to blame something for the way the world is.