There's an awful lot of biblical ignorance, and the church perpetuates that ignorance.

I do assert that one prepares for eternity not by being religious and keeping the rules, but by living fully, loving wastefully, and daring to be all that each of us has the capacity to be.

The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end.

I think one of the things we've got to look out for is human beings claiming that they know how God operates.

The view of the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world is a barbarian idea based on primitive concepts of God and must be dismissed.

I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God.

Was Judas Iscariot a figure of history? I do not think so. There is no mention of him in any source before the 8th decade.

All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's where it turns demonic. Because that's when you get religious wars and persecutions and burning heretics at the stake.

I don't want a God that would go around killing people's little girls. Neither do I want a God who would kill his own son.

I prepare for death by living.

You can't have a world where 50 percent of the people are dieting and 50 percent of the people are starving if you want stability.

Again and again I asked for permission. May I? Here? And here? Is this too much? Too little? Can you hear me? This is my heart.

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

I understood 'microaggressions' to mean 'little bullshit acts of racism.

Greenspan, who knew so much more than most, knew far less than most supposed.

I've done everything I've wanted to do. I have three children, I have grandchildren, I have books, I did movies, I've directed movies, I've done almost everything I've wanted to do.

There is no greater misfortune in the world than the loss of reason.

The loadstar of a saint is God Himself, not estimated usefulness. It is the work that God does through us that count, not what we do for him.

Through the mythology of Einstein, the world blissfully regained the image of knowledge reduced to a formula.

Be a helpful friend, and you will become a green tree with always new fruit, always deeper journeys into love.

Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful of all.