Words are real. Even if you can't see them, or hold them. Once you send them out in the world, they have power. Never speak words you don't mean.

Music is art, and art is an integral part of the human experience.

Socrates said the perfect society would be based on a great lie. People would be told that lie from the cradle, and they would believe it, because human beings need to make order out of chaos.

He expected too much from people, that was the problem, Ethan thought. He expected too much from life.

Nature's mighty law is change.

The outpouring of support from health professionals who want to volunteer for Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts has been tremendous.

I'm not one of those actors who sits around the table and intellectualizing anything, or discusses much of anything. Everything for me is intuitive and instinctive.

My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own.

When you are grateful, that allows God to do great things in your life.

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear.

Act as if the future of the universe depends on what you do, while laughing at yourself for thinking that your actions make any difference.

There are men who are wanting in the comparative, they as a rule are the most interesting.

The root of evil is in the illusion that we are bodies. This, if any, is the original sin.

Here is an unspeakable secret: paradise is all around us and we do not understand.