Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced. The mystics, knowing that man is involved in a hidden history of the cosmos, endeavor to awake from the drowsiness and apathy and to regain the state of wakefulness for their enchanted souls.

Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.

When we pray, we bring G-d into the world

Few are guilty, but all are responsible.

I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.

Prayer begins where our power ends.

When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.