I just think the reassurance and the steadiness and the hands-on kindness can make a huge difference.

Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging.

Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.

In the laughing times we know that we are lucky, and in the quiet times we know that we are blessed. And we will not be alone.

I'm becoming a professional nomad and enjoying that whole part of my life.

And where does magic come from? I think that magic's in the learning.

God looks like a guidance counselor, God's got that smile. God says, 'How could this be? That's really odd I guess I'll have to check my records, silly me, you know, I'm only God.'

And if I had a camera Showing all the light we give And showing where the light extends I'd give it to my friends

Writing 'February' made me realize that breaking form is a way of letting the song be human.

If you're looking for can-do, earthy-crunchy attitude then you've got to go to Wisconsin.

Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.

Overbearing mothers usually give way to one of two things in their children: rebellion or passivity. In your case, the latter.

...avacados, prickly pears and papayas used to be gulped down whole, seeds and all, by fridge-sized armadillos called glyptodonts.

A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things.

We have the potential to help people out of poverty, out of disease, out of slavery and out of conflict. Too often we turn the other way because we think there's nothing we can do.

Energy falls just short of being joy.

The important thing is to pull yourself up by your own hair to turn yourself inside out and see the whole world with fresh eyes.

February days are a marketing gimmick; love happens every day.

I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small.

Love is seeing God in the person next to us, and meditation is seeing God within us.

Love is not a mere emotion or sentiment. It is the lucid and ardent responses of the whole person to a value that is revealed to him as perfect.