A supreme deity would no more gift us with intellect and expect us to forsake it in moments of bafflement, than He would fashion us eyes to see and bid us shut them to the stars

God’s power rests not on totalizing omnipotence, but on His ability to alchemize suffering, tragedy, and loss into wisdom, understanding, and joy.

Heaven is not a club we enter. Heaven is a state we attain, in accordance with our “capacity to receive” a blessed and sanctified nature.

The greatest act of self-revelation occurs when we choose what we will believe, in that space of freedom that exists between knowing that a thing is, and knowing that a thing is not.

What is always at stake in any decision we make is what that choice turns us into.

What we choose to embrace, to be responsive to, is the purest reflection of who we are and what we love.

Relationships are the core of our existence because they are the core of God's and we are in His image.

...our minds are driven to answer questions that far transcend the bounds of our own lives.

God resides most strongly and evidently where science has not yet progressed to go... And if this is true then it follows that God resides everywhere and in everything.

When you are seeing a person, you are not really seeing him. You are seeing his reflection through the mirror of your mind.

It seemed at moments, when I sat alone in the dark stateroom, that the sky had come down the meet the sea and some great secret was to be revealed.

This may shock you, but the most important person in your life is you. You are meant to be 'full of yourself.

There's a lot to be concerned about; there's more to be hopeful for.

Tis but a scratch!" "A scratch? Your arm's off!" "No it isn't." "Then what's that?" "Oh come on, pansy!

Look around and you will see this world is full of creeps like me.

Life is only limited by our prejudices. Destroy them, and you cease to be at the mercy of yourself.

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts

Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawn shop?

It's easy to confuse a woman for a philosophy