I like to think I'm positive and optimistic about things generally, but what I write does tend towards the darker end of the spectrum.

Your life is a blank, and you're barely a shade across it.

Hate misleads, fear distorts and love blinds.

To the discovered, the discoverer can be a god.

At the heart of any poor soul not at one with the Force, there is only void.

Love is harsh, and it consumes. And more than anything, it demands sacrifice.

The Force is neither light nor dark, master nor slave, but a balance between extremes.

Voyaging great distances -- through forests, from island to island, across plains and into the mountains -- is all about finding ourselves.

Nature is a big influence on my work. That's where the cosmic element comes in, an awareness of the relevance of what we do as a species, why we do it, and its implications.

If you do not fear God, then fear your dreams, because they're how He talks to you.

Dreams are life, real life, not simply reflections. Dreams are honest.

Learn to draw strength and inspiration from your past victories by keeping a victory journal where you capture all of your success experiences.

There is no samkit (vision with right belief that I am Pure Soul) where there are kashays [anger, pride, deceit and greed], and where there are no kashays, there is samkit (self realization).

Man needs to choose, not just accept his destiny.

And I felt, in the silence that followed, everything that had happened on the trip to bring me to this place.

For many years eagerly thought by your enemy to destroying your life, it's all one second of mastery for you to save your life from his deadly plans, for you to survive.

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life.

Being in New York, a lot of people I knew were top-notch copy editors or photo retouchers, so I had a good community around me that knew how to do the specialized stuff.

People feel the need to compare because that's how they're going to put it in some box. We're always putting things in boxes to know what it is and how to describe it.

Big storms create big captains and they destroy the little ones!