Everybody thinks their opinion is the right one. If they didn't, they would get a new one.

The miracle is that we are here, that no matter how undone we’ve been the night before, we wake up every morning and are still here. It is phenomenal just to be.

When we agree to being part of something bigger than our own wired, fixated minds, we are saved.

I understood that the man I was calling for could never ever come back. Because I understood that the man that I was calling for was dead.

When we're dealing with the people in our family - no matter how annoying or gross they may be, no matter how self-inflicted their suffering may appear, no matter how afflicted they are with ignorance, prejudice or nose hairs - we give from the deepest parts of ourselves.

I've seen prayers answered. But often, in my experiences, if you get what you pray for, you've really shortchanged yourself.

I'd like to learn to meditate with more enthusiasm. I can sit down and get quiet for 20 minutes, but it just has not been a part of my Christianity at all.