For a lot of people in our world today, God has become about believing the right stuff so you don't get in trouble.

When you forgive somebody, when you are generous, when you withhold judgment, when you love and when you stand up to injustice, you are, in that moment, bringing heaven to earth.

Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth.

Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.

What we do comes out of who we believe we are.

The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.

Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new.

The life that you want begins the moment you embrace the life you have because all of it is a miracle.

Often times when I meet atheists and we talk about the god they don’t believe in, we quickly discover that I don’t believe in that god, either.

If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

That breath that you just took, that's a gift!

Income, that is the thing. I wish an income that will keep flowing into my purse whether I sit on the wall or travel to far lands.

I’m proud of them, in a way. My little gold stars for surviving. For thriving. They aren’t just mistakes.

I'm a movement by myself, but I'm a force when we're together.

If money can't buy happiness, then I guess I'll have to rent it.

There is one great and universal wish of mankind expressed in all religions, in all art and philosophy, and in all human life: the wish to pass beyond himself as he now is.

Positions on politics and religion are labels. Inside I'm still me, just older and tired.

I'm happy about who and what I am - and I can't wait to find out who I'll be tomorrow.

For years I said if I could only find a comfortable chair I would rival Mozart.

So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live with you.

I think on some level, you do your best things when you're a little off-balance, a little scared. You've got to work from mystery, from wonder, from not knowing.