The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.

Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.

Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.

In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.

Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.

When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.

Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.

Once a flower is picked it immediately begins to die.

You can walk in the light by faith.

This must be a simply enormous wardrobe!

But cannot we live as though we always loved? It was this that the saints and heroes did

Love is the shortcut to meditation. Above thought is love, and within and below thought is love. Love is a ladder that we can climb through thought.

As a Polynesian, our gods are tied to water, so this means something special.

I always wanted the ball in my hands with a game on the line, as I think any real competitor does.

My natural inclination is to think in scenes. So that's how I write, and the issue for me is usually: what to compress for speed.

I am only as good as my children are.

Sharks have swum the oceans for over 400 million years, but we're threatening this critically important species for the purpose of making soup - it's sad and wasteful.