We all tend to make zealous judgement, and thereby close ourselves off from revelation.

If we are to be aware of life while we are living it, we must have the courage to relinquish our hard-earned control of ourselves.

The discipline of creation, be it to paint, compose, write, is an effort towards wholeness.

Art is communication.

When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work takes over, then the artist listens.

We are suspicious of grace. We are afraid of the very lavishness of the gift.

When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there is no time for being there is no time for listening.

Aeschylus writes, "In our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grade of God.

Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.

Reading about the response of people in stories, plays, poems, helps us to respond more courageously and openly at our own moments of turning.

Freedom is a terrible gift, and the theory behind all dictatorships is that "the people" do no want freedom.

Identify the problem but never dwell on it. Focus on solutions.

The seed of our love will always cube within the wonder of infinite.

What she coaxed out of me was a visceral need to live, and wasn't that what fueled immortality and made it worthwhile anyway? That there were wonders still left to be uncovered?

We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.

When the Korean economy was just trying to get back on its feet after the war, having parks was a luxury

And what he meant was that maths wasn't like life because in life there are no straightforward answers in the end

Going to my shows, it's like a religious experience, because you come out, you go in one person, you come out a different person.

After the economic 9/11, we will face a new world order.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

One drop of wine is enough to redden a whole glass of water.