Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.

Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.

God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.

It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.

When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.

Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.