With mind distracted, never thinking, "Death is coming," To slave away on the pointless business of mundane life, And then to come out empty--it is a tragic error. (116) trans by Robert Thurman

The most powerful moral influence is example.

If we take the world’s enduring religions at their best, we discover the distilled wisdom of the human race.

I am profoundly moved and persuaded by the near-death experience.

All -isms end up in schisms.

We all carry it within us: supreme strength, the fullness of wisdom, unquenchable joy. It is never thwarted, and cannot be destroyed.

God is defined by Jesus but not confined to Jesus.

The object of pilgrimage is not rest and recreation – to get away from it all. To set out on a pilgrimage is to throw down a challenge to everyday life.

At the center of the religious life is a peculiar kind of joy, the prospect of a happy ending that blossoms from necessarily painful ordeals, the promise of human difficulties embraced and overcome.

Beware of the differences that blind us to the unity that binds us.

Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet.

It’s clearly a budget. It’s got lots of numbers in it.

Death, the beginning of eternal things, is only the end of earthly cares. -Priest

Cosmopolitan theology is a theology for _the impossible_.

Today is Veterans Day. Thank you to all our men and women who have served the United States armed forces. In honor of Veterans Day we are marching out a few jokes that have already served.

Directing made me realise what I do as an actor that's extraneous, it focuses your mind on story, story, story.

Who ever saw a doctor use the prescription of his colleague without cutting out or adding something?

I don't connect much with the present. I have more of an affinity for what came in the past.

You ask me, 'What is the secret of remaining happy and married?'

Hopefully I'm a role model for positive change for everyone - not just women. It's very important to find balance between men and women.

Love goes unappreciated a lot of times, but you still gotta keep giving it.