One of the reasons why so few of us ever act instead of react is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

I know there's a word called "miracle". But I don't know if there's a meaning inside the word, "miracle

Failure or success do not happen by accident, they are the compound interest of action or inaction.

FROM a six-year-old: Told by a well-meaning friend, ‘Alex, do you know what the one thing is that the more you give, the more you get back? It’s love, Alex.’To which Alex asked, ‘What about pain?

Progress does take time, it doesn’t matter how slowly or fast you go, it will sure come”.

The most common sort of lie is the one uttered to one's self.

More than ever before, there is a global understanding that long-term social, economic, and environmental development would be impossible without healthy families, communities, and countries

If you're making a film, the one thing I've learned is you have to pick somebody really well-known to make it relevant.

The best kind of conversation is that which may be called thinking aloud.

Anger's my meat. I sup upon myself, And so shall starve with feeding.

I think the behavior of the troops has been a huge factor in the rise of the insurgency and in the rise of the anti-American feelings there[in Iraq].