Art is not a gift which a few people are given, but rather it is a gift which most people throw away.

All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in., March 9, 1998]

The love for nature is the well-spring of life.

Love is a natural feeling, hatred is an acquired one.

The quieter we become the more we can hear the love language of God speaking to our hearts.

You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it's bad.

God, it's nice to be treated like a man.

There's absolutely no point in beating yourself up. Focus on going forward.

It was a dream world, a kind of Alice in Wonderland, with its kings and queens, princes and princesses, and our millions of loyal subjects. But it wasn't real, and it couldn't last.

We were in negotiations, but then the Japanese side suspended them unilaterally. Now, at the request of our Japanese partners, we have reopened these talks.

Forgiveness means that you fill yourself with love and you radiate that love outward and refuse to hang onto the venom or hatred that was engendered by the behaviors that caused the wounds.