You don't go through a deep personal transformation without some kind of dark night of the soul.

We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

There are two questions a man must ask himself: The first is 'Where am I going?' and the second is 'Who will go with me?' If you ever get these questions in the wrong order you are in trouble.

To love is to return to a home we never left, to remember who we are.

The best practice is to follow the advice posted on every railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen.

Compassion begins with the acknowledgment of the single inescapable truth that is the foundation for the possibility of love between human beings - an awareness of the tragic sense of life.

Trust what moves you most deeply.

Down to earth advice about the path that leads away from the kingdom of the hollow men.

The sacred is discovered in what moves and touches us, in what makes us tremble.

To be on a quest is nothing more or less than to become an asker of questions.

The more you become a connoisseur of gratitude, the less you are a victim of resentment, depression, and despair.

I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions.

Leaders don’t call unhappy followers “ungrateful people”. They see them as “lesson teachers”. They find out why they are unhappy

Anything at all is possible. Some things are unlikely. Some things will never happen. But they always could, at any time.

The ego is there, but I'm learning to channel it.

Keep spreading the love, world. But don't get greedy and overpopulate the planet.

Choices not chance determine your destiny.

The pen is the tongue of the hand; a silent utterer of words for the eye.

The more government dependents, the more likely that democracy will become a conspiracy against self-reliance.

The only thing worse than being sad is for others to know you are sad.

I want to tell stories, I don't really try to get boxed in by a specific genre.