Life is the ability to start over again.

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.

The moment a woman comes home to herself, the moment she knows that she has become a person of influence, an artist of her life, a sculptor of her universe, a person with rights and responsibilities who is respected and recognized, the resurrection of the world begins.

The kind of "blind obedience" once theologized as the ultimate step to holiness, is itself blind. It blinds a person to the insights and foresight and moral perspective of anyone other than an authority figure.

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.

The purpose of leadership is not to make the present bearable. The purpose of leadership is to make the future possible.

The spiritual response is too often a simplistic one: we abandon God or we blame God for abandoning us.