Love can be understood only "from the inside " as a language can be understood only by someone who speaks it as a world can be understood only by someone who lives in it.

Trust opens up new and unimagined possibilities.

There has been talk in Europe about American hegemony being somehow based upon the use of the dollar in the world. I just don't see that connection at all.

Trust is not bound up with knowledge so much as it is with freedom, the openness to the unknown.

Building trust means thinking about trust in a positive way.

Building trust begins with an appreciation and understanding of trust, but it also requires practice and practices.

There's a stability and growth pact which was agreed for the eleven countries which tries to limit the size of budget deficits among the eleven countries.

Some countries that are close to Europe that already hold Deutschemarks, clearly would automatically hold euros, those are countries in Eastern Europe mainly, a few countries in Africa.

Trust is almost always conditional, focused, qualified, and therefore limited.

Thus when I have to summarize naturalized spirituality in a single phrase, it is this: the thoughtful love of life.

Trust is a skill learned over time so that, like a well-trained athlete, one makes the right moves, usually without much reflection.

The light in my soul is inextinguishable.

We live in an in-between universe where things change all right...but according to patterns, rules, or as we call them, laws of nature.

I love him who reserveth no share of spirit for himself, but wanteth to be wholly the spirit of his virtue: thus walketh he as spirit over the bridge.

The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.

Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects.

As a kid, I drew cartoon characters and comic book heroes. Spiderman and the X-Men were my favorites.

Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward.

I can certainly be my own worst critic and oftentimes forget to enjoy the here and now.

Biology will relate every human gene to the genes of other animals and bacteria, to this great chain of being.

You can't do good work on a short-term contract. You need to be engaged over a period of time.