As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.

To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire

If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.

We are not what happened to us, we are what we wish to become.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

When Eve ate the apple her knowledge increased. But God liked dumb women so Paradise ceased. Gwen Goodnight. Her Work.

...knowledge is the cause of human progress.

We're the highest taxed in the world, we're the highest taxed country right now, and it's not even close.

It is impossible to build enduring institutions without solid values. For us, the fundamental value is that associated with democracy.

Every one of the songs was based around picking an acoustic guitar. That was part of the concept from the beginning, that the tempos were going to go from slow to almost mid-tempo.

THE ART OF PEACE is to fulfill that which is lacking.

Some people read their Bibles in Hebrew, some in Greek; I like to read mine in the Holy Ghost.

When you're at a funeral and you're crying, you're crying for yourself

The fastest way to succeed is to double your rate of failure.

I have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed.