The most significant way you can edify another person is to see them accurately as the same as you, listen to them, and honor their right to their own thoughts and feelings.

There are two forces in the universe: fear and love. Trust is part of love because it makes you feel safe, and it is only in this state that you are capable of love.

When a person feels appreciated for their infinite and absolute value, you can then communicate about any issue and you will have their cooperation and respect.

The purpose and point of this life is to learn and love – and it may be more specifically to learn to love.

Fear causes problems in your life because it fogs the lens through which you see yourself and your world.

All bad behavior is really a request for love, attention, or validation.

I'm a good enough person to forgive you, and you should be a good enough person to not do it again.

Be patient, work hard and consistently, have faith in your writing, and don't be afraid to listen to constructive criticism.

I never tire of reading Tom Paine.

If I showed you what was in my heart," she said, "it would burn you to a cinder. "I've tried to burn you similarly," it said, "but you never even noticed when I opened my chest.

Personally, I would say the 'master' of this whole thing is fate... Whoever is on the playing field is fair game, and it's up to them to avoid being used.

Always it is easier to pay homage to prophets than to heed the direction of their vision.

It was at a vividly bad time in Norman Mailer's life that I met him, and a sort of water-treading time in mine. He had stabbed his wife, and I was a copy boy at Time magazine.

Being, be bold and venture to be wise.

I moved to New York to go to Julliard Drama School. Didn't sing a single note of music.

We need to change society's ordering principle from economic to humanitarian values, from money as the bottom line to love as the bottom line.