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.

Seek something outside your nine-to-five job as an additional source of fulfillment and as a way to feel the joy of helping others.

I'm not perfect, ... But i'm enough

But at the end, if we are brave enough to love, if we are strong enough to forgive, if we are generous enough to rejoice in another's happiness, and if we are wise enough to know that there is enough love to go around for us all, then we can achieve a fulfillment that no other living creature will ever know, we can reenter paradise.

The happiest people I know are people who don't even think about being happy. They just think about being good neighbors, good people. And then happiness sort of sneaks in the back window while they are busy doing good.

. . .We are here to finish God's labors. . .so that we could be His partners in completing the work of creation.

What cannot be achieved in one lifetime will happen when one lifetime is joined to another.