We dream primarily the same way that we have consciousness of the world for the same reason. Basically, that our brains evolve to simulate reality and to control what's happening around us.

Shamanism is the oldest form of communicating and healing. It probably resides in all of us.

Stories that are real, that create you, rather than be created by you, are powerful.

I agree that dreams seem to be involved in laying down memories but I realise that dreaming gives us access to a part of our brain we do not normally have access to.

We forget most of our dreams because we don't have access to those parts of our brain once we are switched to wakefulness. But why we evolved that way is a puzzle to me.

A recurring dream probably merits close attention. Something wants you to pay attention.

I think the neural pathways in our brains affect what happens in our bodies, and so can alter our health.

I like the way dreams present themselves as words and images that are trying to get your attention using your model-making brain's ability to make up stories.

Love is ageless, boundless, bodiless, boundary-less.

Without love life will be barren field.

Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.

I've always been really impressed with some of the longer graphic novels and thought it would be really amazing if one day I could try something like that.

Constitutional arguments that seem as dry as dust can have momentous consequences.

I've never played anyone but myself on screen.

Modernity widened the distance between the sensational and the relevant.

Good people in the West have often failed to distinguish between Islam and Islamism.

Rural American families who depend on firewood to heat their homes will be hit just as hard as those who use oil and natural gas.

Let Silence speak to you about the secrets of the universe.