Beware the religion that turns you against another one. It's unlikely that it's really religion at all.

June is the time for being in the world in new ways, for throwing off the cold and dark spots of life.

The God who made us dust knows we're dust. We don't have to feel like perpetual failures because we aren't more than we are, and we don't have to be in contest and contention with everybody around us, because once I know myself and realize I have limitations, then two things happen: I realize my need for you, and I do not expect more from you than I expect from myself. So mercy comes with it, joy comes with it, authenticity comes with it, and freedom comes with it.

Precisely because of the greatness of God, we don't have to be great at all. Just in awe.

Compassion for the other comes out of our ability to accept ourselves. Until we realize both our own weaknesses and our own privileges, we can never tolerate lack of status and depth of weakness in the other.

To be contemplative we must become converted to the consciousness that makes us one with the universe, in tune with the cosmic voice of God.

In our dreams lies our unfinished work for the world.