Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.

The first duty of love is to listen.

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

Grace strikes us when we are in great pain ....Sometimes at that moment a wave of light breaks into our darkness, and it is as though a voice were saying, 'You are accepted.'

God does not exist. He is being-itself beyond essence and existence. Therefore to argue that God exists is to deny him.

We have to build a better man before we can build a better society.

One cannot be strong without love. For love is not an irrelevant emotion; it is the blood of life.

Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite.

We can speak without voice to the trees and the clouds and the waves of the sea. Without words they respond through the rustling of leaves and the moving of clouds and the murmuring of the sea.

Every institution is inherently demonic.

The fatal pedagogical error is to throw answers like stones at the heads of those who have not yet asked the questions.

Do you pray for our world or just your world? If all your prayers were answered, would it change our world or just your world?

The tradeoff between what you pay and what you receive may hardly make sound calculations in life situations), but survival has a cost.

I never met an addict who came from a nice home . I've met addicts that came from families that had money and nice houses. But never from a nice home.

Genuine expressions of emotion rarely persist longer than five seconds and almost never longer than 10. A fixed smile is likely to conceal anger, anxiety, or some other negative emotion.

I want to take a lot of Nasty photos.

Well, I for one am unable to imagine how anybody who lives with an intelligent and devoted dog can every be lonely.

Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.

The true gardener, like an artist, is never satisfied.

Happiness does not depend on your circumstances; it depends on your will. It's a choice that you make.

Alzheimer's caregivers are heroes.