The sacred is discovered in what moves and touches us, in what makes us tremble.

We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

There are two questions a man must ask himself: The first is 'Where am I going?' and the second is 'Who will go with me?' If you ever get these questions in the wrong order you are in trouble.

To love is to return to a home we never left, to remember who we are.

The best practice is to follow the advice posted on every railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen.

Compassion begins with the acknowledgment of the single inescapable truth that is the foundation for the possibility of love between human beings - an awareness of the tragic sense of life.

Trust what moves you most deeply.

Down to earth advice about the path that leads away from the kingdom of the hollow men.

To be on a quest is nothing more or less than to become an asker of questions.

The more you become a connoisseur of gratitude, the less you are a victim of resentment, depression, and despair.

Our society has been eaten up by the economic view of things, which routinely forces us to work at jobs that don't mean anything.

Fat men take a cushion with them wherever they go.

To witness miracles unfold in your experience, count your blessings and be thankful. Perceived small blessings accumulate to be the most powerful.

I did one year at NYU, and I'd love to go back there someday

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

Sometimes in a defeat, you can set the stage for future victory.

Heaven is within you.

The first thing to say about Finnegans Wake is that it is, in an important sense, unreadable.

I have no problem at all going back and forth between cable and network.

All the beautiful waitresses existed like eternal responsibilities.

Wisdom and knowledge is everywhere, but so is stupity.