This business of having been issued a body is deeply confusing... Bodies are so messy and disappointing.

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.

Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.

... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66]

Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.

Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it's like they are holding the baby of you.

Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life's work, and try to get hold of a giant panda.

Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

There is one power in the Universe and we can all use it.

First impression is not the last reflection of a true friend, so if you are head over heels for someone who just bought you a cake, you'd better think twice before devouring your misery.

sometimes we don't need to think to beleive

Maybe we do go home, finally.

Cease trying to work everything out with your minds, it will get you nowhere.

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.

Where there is lasting love, there is a family.

Why do babies starve /When there's enough food to feed the world /Why when there's so many of us /Are there people still alone