Envy is the consuming desire to have everybody else as unsuccessful as you are.

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.

Your vocation in life is where your greatest joy meets the world's greatest need.

We find by losing. We hold fast by letting go. We become something new by ceasing to be something old.

Pay attention to the things that bring a tear to your eye or a lump in your throat because they are signs that the holy is drawing near.

Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death.

In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.

The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt.

Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.

The world says, The more you take, the more you have. Christ says, the more you give, the more you are.

The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you.

Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism.

Every baby is born beautiful. It's what we project on them that makes them ugly.

We can discover the capacity of the mind to be aware, to love, to begin again

No one has yet computed how many imaginary triumphs are silently celebrated by people each year to keep up their courage.

When Eleanor Roosevelt was asked if she had any regrets about her life she replied "Just one. I wish I had been prettier."

My humor is a lot like Kristen Wiig's from 'Saturday Night Live' or 'Bridesmaids.' Quirky, off the beaten path.

Good or bad I propose to be something great!

Ever since the days of Adam, man has been hiding from God and saying, 'God is hard to find.

Why not do something strange and different for once? Artists can do whatever they want!

There are people who want to become rich; they become rich. If you persist you can fulfill any kind of stupidity