Where are you originally from?” “The planet Lorien, three hundred million miles away.” “Must have been a long trip, John Smith.” “Took almost a year. Next time I’m bringing a book.

When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope.

Never lose faith in yourself, and never lose hope; remember, even when this world throws its worst and then turns its back, there is still always hope.

That’s the worst way to miss somebody. When they’re right beside you and you miss them anyway.

Life is but a fine wine to be sipped and favored.

One of the gifts our planet gave us is to love completely. Without jealousy or insecurity or fear. Without pettiness. Without anger.

The key to change is letting go of the fear.

A wise man once told me that only by leaving someone good can you meet someone better.

He who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it.

If you ever know a man who tries to drown his sorrows, kindly inform him his sorrows know how to swim.

A place is only as good as the people in it.

O God, please give us grace to do the good we must do.

Given the dark fears we feel when we experience loss, nothing is more generous and loving than the willingness to embrace grief in order to forgive. To be forgiven is to be loved.

I understand from those who adore him, he [Julian Assange] has a great sense of humor which rarely gets an airing because he's dealing with such serious issues.

I play a slave. How black is that? I have to wear chains. How whack is that? But don’t worry. I get free. I save my wife and I kill all the white people in the movie. How great is that?

I think that sometimes kids use the show as a jumping off point for talking about things with their parents.

A friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.

There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.

If Bruce Jenner says he's woman then I'm not gonna argue with him. I know what obviously and biologically he is.

Psychologists now recognize that the need in some people to have a dozen cats is really a sublimated desire to have two dozen cats.

I don't think you should criticize people's music because maybe it just isn't for you.