If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.

Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.

In a contagious world,we learn to keep our distance. If we get too close to those who are suffering, we might get infected by their pain. It may not be convenient or comfortable. But only when you get close enough to catch their hurt will they be close enough to catch your love.

We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.

Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.

God is so immense that if he were 'too visible,' people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.

Everybody wears an unseen sign that reads: Inspire me. Remind me that my life matters; call me to be my best self; appeal to whatever in me is most noble and honorable. Don't let me go down the path of least resistance. Challenge me to make my life about something more than the acquisition of money or success