Never attribute to malice or other deliberate decision what can be explained by human frailty, imperfection, or ignorance.

The circumstances of your life have uniquely qualified you to make a contribution. And if you don't make that contribution, nobody else can make it.

God is the light shining in the midst of darkness, not to deny that there is darkness in the world but to reassure us that we do not have to be afraid of the darkness because darkness will always yield to light. As theologian David Griffin puts in, God is all-powerful, His power enables people to deal with events beyond their control and He gives us the strength to do those things because He is with us.

We don't have to be afraid of dying because it's not really death that scares us. We are afraid of not having lived.

One of the most sublime experiences we can ever have is to wake up feeling healthy after we have been sick.

We are here to change the world with small acts of thoughtfulness done daily rather than with one great breakthrough.

You don't have to be religious to have a soul; everybody has one. You don't have to be religious to perfect your soul; I have found saintliness in avowed atheists.