People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need.

I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives.

I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them.

There's a power in words. There's a power in being able to explain and describe and articulate what you know and feel and believe about the world, and about yourself.

At this point in my life Id like to live as if only love mattered.

So don't be tempted by the shiny apple Don't you eat of a bitter fruit Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for a world of truth 'Cause all that you have is your soul.

We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.

I don't try to project any image at all, other than the person that I am.

Why do babies starve /When there's enough food to feed the world /Why when there's so many of us /Are there people still alone

We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world.

You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person.

If the Good Lord meant men to use percussion caps, he wouldn't have strung flint all over the ground.

Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.

Books can break a man open, even ones about a panda, maybe especially so.

If you're waiting for someone to believe in you, you'll be waiting forever. You must believe in yourself.

Canonization in modern times is a very, almost scientific process.

Forget trying to be sexy. That's just gruesome.

Just know that someone out there always has it worst, and you should try to realize that there really is a lot to look forward to

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

Suffering is a call to conversion: it reminds us of our frailty and vulnerability.