That's the case with these exponential technologies; our brains, they struggle with it. We live in a world that is global and exponential, and our brains evolved in a world that was linear and local.

Imagination allows us to conceive of delightful future possibilities, pick the most amazing one, and pull the present forward to meet it.

Once we realize the extraordinary power we have to compose our lives, well move from passive, conditioned thinking to being co-creators of our fate.

To be inspired is the ultimate antidote to existential despair.

Ideas are powerful because they allow us to see the world as it could be, rather than what it is.

There's always going to be the circumstances you can't plan for. There's always the unexpected relevance and the serendipity.

Everything that we design is designing us back

We fit the universe through our brains and it comes out in the form of nothing less than poetry. We have a responsibility to awe.

I do NOT accept the ephemeral nature of this moment. I'm going to extend it FOREVER! Or at least I'm going to try.

For me, its always a failure of the imagination. I have that anxiety that time is passing, that everything is ultimately fleeting and impermanent. I better take advantage of every single moment.

As technology continues to increase our possibilities, what we're seeing is a shrinking of the lag time between what we dream about and what we create.

Focus your energy on the fragrance and beauty of the petals not on the thorns.

Pray ceaselessly.

I make movies about people in spiritual crisis because it's a way for me to spend the time, the energy, the focus and the obsession to come to terms with my own spiritual crisis.

Losing innocence. Remembering Heaven. That was the essence of Hell

The written history of the world is largely a history of warfare, because the states within which we live came into existence largely through conquest, civil strife, or struggles for independence.

The times you impress me the most are the times when you don't try.

No form of violence can ever be excused in a society that wishes to call itself decent

In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.

Everybody has weird dreams, but a usual weird dream is, okay, so your mom's driving a car and she's a dog.

Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine.