. . .We are here to finish God's labors. . .so that we could be His partners in completing the work of creation.

Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter.

If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul

Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.

Think about it: it is easy to see God's beauty in a glorious sunset or in ocean waves crashing on a beach. But can you find the holiness in a struggle for life?

We are here to change the world with small acts of thoughtfulness done daily rather than with one great breakthrough.

What cannot be achieved in one lifetime will happen when one lifetime is joined to another.

In all my years of counselling those near death, I've yet to hear anyone say they wish they had spent more time at the office

Why bad things happen to good people

When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world.

God is like a mirror. The mirror never changes, but everybody who looks at it sees something different.

Sharing your kindness sparks understanding all around. Then like fireflies in the night, twinkling love surrounds you.

Confederation is only yet in the gristle and it will require five years more before it hardens into bone.

Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security.

For me, I don't even like to promote my films but I have to because it's in the fine print of my contract.

Rarely have I seen a situation where doing less than the other guy is a good strategy.

The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as the pen.

Bush, as far as I'm concerned, is a war criminal. With Trump, we have no idea. Right now it's just a freak show.

Im saving up to buy art. Nothing famous, but every time Im in a new city I wander into galleries and dream about buying great pieces one day.

Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride.

So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they went to Miami.