Here is a thing which the more it is needed the more it is rejected: and this is advice, which is unwillingly heeded by those who most need it, that is to say, by the ignorant.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

To make a perfume, take some rose water and wash your hands in it, then take a lavender flower and rub it with your palms, and you will achieve the desired effect

Being willing is not enough. We must do.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works.

Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else.

When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come.

What is your motivation? When you drill down and ask, "What if there was zero ROI (of any form)?, " you'll discover your highest and best use of time.

Once again, my hero. And here I’m supposed to be the one saving him.

God gave us memory that we might have roses in December.

When I go to my live shows it's often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.

Letting an emotion move through you is healthy. Letting an emotion define you is not.

The only creature less fashionable in academia than the stereotypical 'dead white male,' is the dead white male on horseback.

The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.

The Gospel is called the good news. My message is a message of hope, that's God's [message] for you.

I'd discovered you never know yourself until you're tested and that you don't even know you're being tested until afterwards, and that in fact there isn't anyone giving the test except yourself.

Spirituality doesn't look like sitting down and meditating. Spirituality looks like folding the towels in a sweet way and talking kindly to the people in the family eve though you've had a rough day.