Awareness of the sacred in life is what holds our world together, and the lack of awareness of the sacred is what is tearing it apart.

Imagine how happy, how holy, life would be if we ever really learn to see beauty.

A life of value is not a series of great things well done; it is a series of small things consciously done.

Anger is not bad. Anger can be a very positive thing, the thing that moves us beyond the acceptance of evil.

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.

Hope grows in us, despite our moments of darkness, regardless of our regular bouts of depression.

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.