I live with the understanding that truth is bigger than any religion and the world is God's and everything in it.

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!

Of course, the medical profession doesn't like D.I.Y. anything.

You know, I've written many of my songs while driving - which is against the law in many cases.

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

This war in Vietnam is, I believe, a war for civilization. Certainly it is not a war of our seeking. It is a war thrust upon us and we cannot yield to tyranny.

You never replace a great scholar who retires. If you try to do that, you end up with burnt-out volcanoes.

No man rides so high and in such good company as the man that allies himself to a truth.

When President Chirac gave [President] Bush a souvenir statue of the Eiffel Tower... Bush said 'This is great! A little oil rig!'

The German ueber-photographer Andreas Gursky was the perfect pre-9/11 artist.

Only when Shiva is united with Shakti does he have the power to create -

We shouldn't turn the safety net into a hammock. It should actually be a safety net.