When there is no longer a cyclone, there is no longer an eye. So the storms, crises and sufferings of life are a way of finding the eye.

Spiritual life is like a moving sidewalk. Whether you go with it or spend your whole life running against it, you're still going to be taken along.

The truest communication with God is absolute, total silence; there is not a single word in existence that can convey this communication.

This search for perfection - which is a search for divinity - is nothing more than the failure to accept our existence the way it is.

In some ways, all our experiences of God are beyond belief, because all conceptual beliefs pale when compared to the experiential reality.

To be forgiven is not enough; we must put an end to the very need to be forgiven.

Once beyond the self, however, holiness is no longer possible, because now, there is nothing left to give and no-one left to do the giving.

Spiritual life is like a moving sidewalk. Whether you go with it or spend your whole life running against it you're still going to be taken along.

We don’t have to tell secrets. We don’t have to talk at all. We could just, you know, kiss . . . and stuff.

At my age you find yourself looking back from time to time and you begin to appreciate some of the things that happened to you.

Anything you could ever want or be you already have and are.

Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough.

A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrical event.

I think I'll sleep now.

Programs like food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, and job retraining help Americans get back on their feet when they are down and out and laid off through no fault of their own.

How to overcome that seemingly impossible issue... Pray more words about it than you speak.

Education spending will be most effective if it relies on parental choice & private initiative -- the building blocks of success throughout our society.

The greatest movies are the ones you want to watch again and again.