I have a giant ego and terrible self-esteem, so I need to hit the re-set button fairly regularly - to get into presence, and humility, and being right-sized.

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.

Jesus Christ: A common exclamation indicating surprise, disgust, anger or bewilderment.

John's relationship with each of the other Beatles was different. He was at his most relaxed with Ringo, who often had him in stitches with his jokes.

He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe. [He that praiseth himself spatteteth himself.]

Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running round the pitch playing with themselves.

It is remarkable with what Christian fortitude and resignation we can bear the suffering of other folks.

They'll crucify you for staying the same, and they'll crucify you for change. I'd rather be crucified for changing.

The simplest things in music are the ones that count. The simplest thing are, of course, also the most difficult to achieve and take years of work.

In meditation we are continuously discovering who and what we are.

The observer of beauty always receives a passion to share the beauty with others.