Being, not doing, is my first joy.

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

Beginnings start without shade,Thinner than minnows.The live grass whirls with the sun,Feet run over the simple stones,There's time enough.Behold, in the lout's eye, love.

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.

How body from spirit slowly does unwind, until we are pure spirit at the end.

May my silences become more accurate.

Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.

Love is not love until love's vulnerable.

I teach my sighs to lengthen into songs.

When I go mad, I call my friends by phone: I am afraid they might think they're alone.

If your doctrine changed for the better yet your character changed for the worse, you changed for the worse.

One who cannot dance must not blame the song.

I searched for a deeper existence. What I found was myself. The next moment the journey towards self discovery began all over again.

You should see my corgis at sunset in the snow. It's their finest hour. About five o'clock they glow like copper. Then they come in and lie in front of the fire like a string of sausages.

When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition.

God did not send a concept, an idea, or a virtue. He sent his Son. Follow the God of love, not love as your god.

I came to town thinking that everybody had the same idea of what country music was that I did.

I pray to be the best thing ever but I also pray that for my colleagues. You're only as good as the person who can distract from what's meant to be happening.

You know the Ark of Israel and the calf of Belial were both made of gold. Religion has never yet changed the metal of her one adoration.

Idolatry is worshipping anything that ought to be used, or using anything that is meant to be worshipped.