[Jesus is] saying that we could be aware of, filled with, and saved by the presence of holy beauty, rather than worship golden calves.

You can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town

Jealousy has always been my cross, the weakness and woundedness in me that has most often caused me to feel ugly and unlovable, like the Bad Seed.

It is hard to remember that you are a cherished spiritual being when you're burping up apple fritters and Cheetos.

Lies cannot nourish or protect you. Only freedom from fear, freedom from lies, can make us beautiful, and keep us safe.

...It really IS easier to experience spiritual connection when your life is in the process of coming apart.

God can't clean the house of you when you're still in it.

My theory is that, as with our children, as with every surface of that geodesic dome inside the 8-Ball, every age we've ever been is who we are.

...I learned that God was an equal opportunity employer—that it was possible to experience the divine anywhere you were, anywhere you could see the sun and moon rise or set, or burn through the fog.

No one can give you freedom

In the jungle of ideas, it is hard to find the true direction! The paths of the wrong ideas often seem to be very alluring!

As a result of a kiss, there arises in the mind a wonderful feeling of delight that awakens and binds together the love of them that kiss.

I think I'm going to have a lot of trouble.

All the records I've made have pretty much been big club turntable records. You need to feel the rhythm.

It seems to me that physical sickness softens, just as moral sickness hardens, the heart.

They're like ''You're an alcoholic.'' I go ''No, I'm not.'' and then-apparently that's what alcoholics say too, you know?

What I mean and what I say is two different things," the BFG announced rather grandly.

Anything we tell our kids about life is a placemarker until they figure it out for themselves.

Sure the jews killed jesus, but the guy was an awful carpenter