The real problem has far less to do with what is really out there than it does with our resistance to finding out what is really out there.

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.

The more I accomplish the more I realize how empty my life is.

We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them.

The quieter you can make your mind, the more you've invoked your will.

I am much inclined to live from my rucksack, and let my trousers fray as they like.

Would the Element be a car for people who like hip-hop, or for people waiting for a hip-op?

Where princes are concerned, a man who is able to do good is as dangerous and almost as criminal as a man who intends to do evil.

Questions are not scary. What is scary is when people don’t have any. What is tragic is faith that has no room for them.

When I was a kid I was not a good student. I went to the University of Colarado, my grades were poor. I was asked to leave after a year. What I really wanted to do was to be an artist.

From my mother I learned the value of prayer, how to have dreams and believe I could make them come true.

Decision by majorities is as much an expedient as lighting by gas.