Through people that I did know or through things that I did touch, I am connected with everything that ever was and everything that ever will be. Everything hangs together with everything.

"The Holy Spirit . . . wants to flow through us and realize all these wonderful possibilities in the world - if we only open ourselves and allow it to happen."

Faith is the courageous confidence that trusts in the Source of all gifts.

Only gratefulness, in the form of limitless openness for surprise, lays hold of the fullness of life in hope.

In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door.

Among the many things that profoundly impress me about the Dalai Lama, quite high up on the list is his ability to say "I don't know". I've often wished that other people in prominent positions wouldn't feel the compulsion to have an answer for everything and would feel equally free to say "I don't know." It's a sign of wisdom to know that you don't know and a sign of stupidity to think that you know everything. I admire it enormously in him, and wonder why so few people in leading positions reach that stage.

We are never more than one grateful thought away from peace of heart.