Assuming that tomorrow will be the same as today is poor preparation for living. It equips us only for disappointment or, more likely, for shock. To live well, to be mentally healthy, we must learn to realize that life is a work in process.

An authentic spirituality does not cater to culture; it calls culture to accountability.

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

Hope is what sits by the window and waits for one more dawn, despite the fact that there isn't an ounce of proof in tonight's black, black sky that it can possible come.

Two ideas militate against our consciously contributing to a better world. The idea that we can do everything or the conclusion that we can do nothing to make this globe a better place to live are both temptations of the most insidious form. One leads to arrogance; the other to despair.

No one finds time for prayer. You either take time for it or you don't get it.

Compassion is the ability to understand how difficult it is for people to be the best of what they want to be at all times.