If there were no nobodies, The somebodies would not have anybody, To convince that they were somebody, Except some other somebody, Who would not be convinced anyway.

Years ago I heard the Indian Jesuit Raimundo Panikkar say: Expect Nothing.

I'm afraid my glass is no longer half full because I drank most of it.

To insist that I am not forgiven is a kind of inverse arrogance.

We all have the right to be wrong and be loved just the same.

Ideals are great as long as they don't get in the way of what we want to do.

Until we can sense a sacred quality in time we will not begin to have a fuller understanding of it.

I feel that the only true security I have is my capacity, however limited, to love.

I think that an act of love is immortal; once tendered, it can never really be taken back.

Before I can accept someone's help, I must accept their presence.

The man who says that he does not deserve his wife is probably right, but not for the reasons he thinks.

Prayer releases your problems to God.

The gift of the Sabbath must be treasured. Blessed are you who honour this day.

I never think about the audience. If someone gives me a marketing report, I throw it away.

I have tried to explore the little talent I have for writing.

We - each of us - are intricately, irremovably connected to the larger universe.

If the flag needs protection at all, it needs protection from members of Congress who value the symbol more than the freedoms that the flag represents.

Imprisoned in a cage of sound, even the trivial seems profound

some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be.

We had to be our own mothers of invention, in many senses of the word.

I've never really been a part of anything but my own project.