By cutting ourselves off from the rest of creation, we are left bereft of awe and wonder and therefore of reverence and gratitude. We violate our very beings, and we have nothing but trivia to teach our young.

When it comes to wilderness animals we have to make an effort to preserve what areas we can that they can be themselves in. Its come to a point though, clearly, where some species have to be cared for by humans if they are not going to disappear altogether.

Soul is our appetite, driving us to eat from the banquet of life. People filled with the hunger of soul take food from every dish before them, whether it be sweet or bitter.

I'm an actor. I try to play a character in a really cool story, the very best I can.

The prophets preach . . . that pleasure, not will-power and coercion, is how you most deeply transform people.

I played football for a huge portion of my life, all the way through college actually.

Our self-expression is meant to be a manifestation of the silence of our hearts.