And you try to quiet your mind so you can hear.

Novels ought to have hope; at least, American novels ought to have hope. French novels don't need to. We mostly win wars, they lose them. Of course, they did hide more Jews than many other countries, and this is a form of winning.

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

I’ve heard it said that every day you need half an hour of quiet time for yourself, or your Self, unless you’re incredibly busy and stressed, in which case you need an hour. I promise you, it is there. Fight tooth and nail to find time, to make it. It is our true wealth, this moment, this hour, this day.

If I were going to begin practicing the presence of God for the first time today, it would help to begin by admitting the three most terrible truths of our existence: that we are so ruined, and so loved, and in charge of so little.

Some people may have thought that this book was too personal, too confessional. But what these people think about me is none of my business.

The solution is always spiritual, and it almost never has anything to do with the problem ... laughter is carbonated holiness.