The purpose of relationships is not happiness, but transformation.

Our weaknesses are divine gifts that when embraced will enable us to make our purposeful contribution to the whole, which is why we incarnated in the first place.

I always admired atheists. I think it takes a lot of faith.

There is nothing sadder in this world than the waste of human potential. The purpose of evolution is to raise us out of the mud, not have us grovelling in it.

Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don't necessarily understand, just decides to go to the store for a quart of milk.

When we are conscious of our personal uniqueness and our universal nature we express ourselves creatively. In this way we fulfill our dreams and our life purpose.

One person can have a profound effect on another. And two people... well, two people can work miracles. They can change a whole town. They can change the world.

There is one thing that all true spirituality has in common, whether that spirituality is derived from faith, from science, from nature or from the arts - a sense of wonder.

Insight occurs when, and to the degree that, one knows oneself.

Real meaningful endeavours, the biggies in human existence, often require the sacrifice of others.

There were always people like the pope. They serve a certain function, of course. They subsidize us. But, they don't create anything and they must never be allowed to stop the artist from creating.

The Wilderness holds answers to more questions than we have yet learned to ask.

it's more interesting for me to stick things out anonymously. You get more of an honest reaction to what you've done.

Don't gossip- particularly about other women. Kindness is the secret to true femininity.

If you were to ask me to define a photograph in a few words, I would say it is a fossil of light and time.

In my opinion turkey is the most over-rated critter for eating purposes in kingdom come but the most striking example we have of the power of propaganda.

Never follow the crowd in what you do; the crowd has never produced anything of lasting quality, value or beauty.

Such events may be disbelieved or disregarded; but the charity of a bishop, Acacius of Amida, whose name might have dignified the saintly calendar, shall not be lost in oblivion.

We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.

My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author.

What's it like kissing Taylor Lautner.