I don't have very sophisticated taste in music. I listen to a lot of folk music. I like reggae.

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.

Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.

... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66]

Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.

Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it's like they are holding the baby of you.

Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life's work, and try to get hold of a giant panda.

Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit.

With a strong spirit, you heal every bruise.

Ice upon ice, and yet, inside, she melted and mourned all the same.

Beauty is truth - truth beauty - that is all Ye know on earth and all ye need to know.

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

The apparent craziness of the world, like everything else, is a gift that we can use to set our minds free.

Embrace change. Envision what could be, challenge the status quo, and drive creative destruction.

Gullibility is the key to all adventures. The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he who gets the most out of life.

A leader's ability to convey confidence and his ability to communicate effectively are similar.

Juggling is very, very straightforward; very, very black and white; you're manipulating objects, not people. And that's always appealed to me.

The entertainment person gets a certain credibility, and the politician gets a certain notoriety. I'm against it.