I believe in mystery and multiplicity. To religious believers this may sound almost pagan. But I don't think so.

The morning glories and the sunflowers turn naturally toward the light, but we have to be taught, it seems.

All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain. If we do not transform our pain, we will transmit it to those around us.

We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.

The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it.

Religion is one of the safest places to hide from God.

The path of descent is the path of transformation. Darkness, failure, relapse, death, and woundedness are our primary teachers, rather than ideas or doctrines.

God is always bigger than the boxes we build for God, so we should not waste too much time protecting the boxes.

Maturity is the ability to joyfully live in an imperfect world.

There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am and it's enough.

You come to God not by being strong, but by being weak; not by being right, but through your mistakes.

The beauty of the past lies in-between the perpetual unhappiness of the future and of those who live it.

[He] said don't let them take you over. Walk into the room knowing you are the best. Shoulders back, chin up. Their attitudes will totally change.

You must stand for something! It does not have to be grand, but it must be a positive that brings light to someone else's darkness.

Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.

When America is chasing you, the whole world is chasing you.

I'm a legend in this sport. If you don't believe me, ask me

People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

I want to sing more in Spanish. I want to sing the songs of Granados; the songs of Montsalvatge. To do things that truly I've not done before.

I'm very proud of the way that I was raised, I'm very proud of the way that my parents raised me.