Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship.

Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat.

Don't ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak.

Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.

those who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is actually a declaration of independence, a way of keeping control

Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive.

So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it.

I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships so will our healing, and I know that grace rarely makes sense for those looking in from the outside.

You cannot produce trust just like you cannot 'do' humility. It either is or is not.

Did I hear God call me an idiot?

If a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.

L'homme n'est ni ange ni be" te, et le malheur veut que qui veut faire l'ange fait la be" te. Man is neither angel nor beast.Unfortunately, he who wants to act the angel often acts the beast.

The hardest thing to do in this business is to still be around. When music changes, when labels' resources have dried up, it becomes harder and harder to continue to make a living at this.

All beings may dance at ease in the breeze with minds left silent by laying to rest all things.

Comfort has its place, but it seems rude to visit another country dressed as if you’ve come to mow its lawns.

Don't compare yourself to others you have no idea what their journey is all about.

It's hard to explain. It probably sounds super silly, but I do have a lot of really weird dreams.

I know that human prejudice - especially that growing out of race and religion - is cruelly inveterate and lasting.

It's easy enough to plan jobs, to plan a lot of work.

You can sit right on my middle finger for the night

I'm just trying to age as ungracefully as I can in front of the nation.