“Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn’t have to be a lonely kind of thing.”

The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.

All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me.

Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.

The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.

Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, just one kind word to another person.

When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.

Successful people just love what they’re doing, and they love it in front of others.

The kingdom of God is for the broken hearted.

Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect.

If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of.

The older I get, the more convinced I am that the space between people who are trying their best to understand each other is hallowed ground.

One of my wise teachers, Dr. Orr, told me, ‘There is only one thing evil cannot stand, and that is forgiveness.

Real strength has to do with helping others.

The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.

Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love.

Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.

It’s nice to get to know people who are the same age as you that do the same things because it’s like a different level of understanding.

I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.

Loving yourself is not the same as being in love. Self Love is not the same as romantic love.

Movies are a whole different ball-game, now. It’s much more of a business – very scientific.

A man who doesn’t think differently from his time and environment can’t grow beyond his time and environment.

We can never replace a friend. When a man is fortunate enough to have several, he finds they are all different. No one has a double in friendship.

I’m interested in going places that I haven’t been. And I’m interesting in working with people that I feel are dangerous and sort of push me in different places.