I always admired atheists. I think it takes a lot of faith.

The purpose of relationships is not happiness, but transformation.

Our weaknesses are divine gifts that when embraced will enable us to make our purposeful contribution to the whole, which is why we incarnated in the first place.

There is nothing sadder in this world than the waste of human potential. The purpose of evolution is to raise us out of the mud, not have us grovelling in it.

Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don't necessarily understand, just decides to go to the store for a quart of milk.

When we are conscious of our personal uniqueness and our universal nature we express ourselves creatively. In this way we fulfill our dreams and our life purpose.

One person can have a profound effect on another. And two people... well, two people can work miracles. They can change a whole town. They can change the world.

There is one thing that all true spirituality has in common, whether that spirituality is derived from faith, from science, from nature or from the arts - a sense of wonder.

Insight occurs when, and to the degree that, one knows oneself.

Real meaningful endeavours, the biggies in human existence, often require the sacrifice of others.

There were always people like the pope. They serve a certain function, of course. They subsidize us. But, they don't create anything and they must never be allowed to stop the artist from creating.

Loneliness is the world of self-discovery where undiscovered you buds.

Life is rose. Some look at the thorns ... some at the flower.

I never enjoyed working in a film.

My mother, Abra, had taught me that all people are made from the same dust. When our days here are gone, all men and women enter the same garden.

You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually.

People are tired of seeing politicians as all talk and no action.

Very few things which are really worth achieving come easily. Sometimes they do, but most of the time you really have to work hard and cleverly.

Measure a person by what they do with power.

That's one thing I find about having children - it does unlock a door that separates you from other women who've had children.

The storyteller makes no choice, soon you will not hear his voice, his job is to shed light, and not to master