What we are seeking so frantically elsewhere may turn out to be the horse we have been riding all along.

All human beings have an innate need to hear and tell stories and to have a story to live by. . . .

Secularism is not only indifferent to alternative religious systems, but as a religious ideology it is opposed to any other religious systems. It is therefore a closed system.

Somewhere deep down we know that in the final analysis, we do decide things and that even our decisions to let someone else decide are really our decisions, however pusillanimous.

Not to decide is to decide.

The political is replacing the metaphysical as the characteristic mode of grasping reality.

God laughs, it seems, because God knows how it all turns out in the end.

Man must now assume the responsibility for his world. He can no longer shove it off on religious power.

The real ecumenical crisis today is not between Catholics and Protestants but between traditional and experimental forms of church life.

The comic, more than the tragic, because it ignites hope, leads to more, not less, participation in the struggle for a just world.

There has never been a better raconteur than Jesus of Nazareth.

The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.

I'm glad that our God is not the guy with a pony-tail who wants to toss a frisbee with His saints.

I petted the dogs who didn't argue with me ever. All dogs love God. They're wiser than their masters.

As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away.

When it seems humanly impossible to do more in a difficult situation, surrender yourself to the inner silence and thereafter wait for a sign of obvious guidance or for a renewal of inner strength.

Jesus spoke in such a way that the people loved the things of God. That’s why they followed him.

The reason I started writing movies was because I kept getting parts that I just kind of stepped into. I didn't have to do a lot of work and I ended up getting sort of bored.

When you smile at people, its a signal to what you are bringing to their life.

Now's the time to take a chance, come on we've gotta make a stand. What do we have to lose the choice is in our hands.

When it comes to the big issues like immigration, everyone has a role. The government has a role. The church has a role. Every Christian has a role.