The only real difference between Anxiety and Excitement was my willingness to let go of Fear.

Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking our shins on altars.

The problem is, many of the people in need of saving are in churches, and at least part of what they need saving from is the idea that God sees the world the same way they do.

Whoever you are, you are human. Wherever you are, you live in the world, which is just waiting for you to notice the holiness in it.

Wisdom is not gained by knowing what is right. Wisdom is gained by practicing what is right, and noticing what happens when that practice succeeds and when it fails.

Our waiting is not nothing. It is something -- a very big something -- because people tend to be shaped by whatever it is they are waiting for.

We are born seekers, calling strange names into the darkness from our earliest days because we know we are not meant to be alone, and because we know that we await someone whom we cannot always see.

As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.

Kindness is not a bad religion, no matter what name you use for God.

Day by day we are given not what we want but what we need. Sometimes it is a feast and sometimes...swept crumbs, but by faith we believe it is enough.

I think we d like life to be like a train..but it turns out to be a sailboat.

We are not just the leaders of tomorrow. Leadership is not a destination, leadership is a lifetime journey

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls.

If you want peace, be peace. If you want wealth, be wealth. Think it. Talk it. Prepare yourself to have it. Have faith enough to seek guidance and authority from within.

Try drawing or painting a scene you're working on. Often this will help free up you imagination.

Generosity knows how to count, but refrains.

I know people who believe in ghosts but don't believe in themselves.

It was unexpected. That's just how it was. I don't believe they were faster than us. I don't believe they had more heart or dedication. It just fell on their side. That's the reality of it.

The bible says that all people, not just believers, possess part of the image of God; that is why murder and abortion are wrong.

Genius: the superhuman in man.

Fromage and coffee and cognac and no gods.