The battle for the lead between faith and reason can be settled by accepting the guiding hand of an experienced navigator.

Staying locked into an image of how things are supposed to be can blind us to the grace of what is.

Remain open to your dreams but don't be too quick to decide by what means they’ll come true.

If you want to love and understand yourself better, seek out unfamiliar people in unfamiliar places.

Leaning forward in your chair when someone is trying to squeeze behind you isn't enough. You also have to move the chair.

This world is a peaceful stage where we are all villains of this drama and trees are the heroes.

A smile is a song from the heart

In freedom you form in utter disgrace, the bars of my prison this night.While you drift on currents of seraphim heights, it is I who deserve to take flight.

The religion of Freemasonry is not Christian

To be controlled in our economic pursuits means to be controlled in everything.

Norman Rockwell, the Brueghel of the 20th century bourgeoisie, the Holbein of Jell-O ads and magazine covers; by common assent, the most American artist of all.

Do whatever you have to do as quickly as you can, so you can do whatever you WANT to do, for as long as you can.

Definitely River Phoenix is somebody that I thought, "This guy is very cool." I wanted to be like him when I was a kid.

Cities force growth and make people talkative and entertaining, but they also make them artificial.