Depression can kill you. It can also be a spiritually enriching experience. It's really an important part of my theology now and my spirituality that life is not perfect, and I grew up wanting it to be and thinking that if it wasn't, I could make it that way, and I had to acknowledge that I had all kinds of flaws and sadnesses and problems.

You can disagree with another person's opinions. You can disagree with their doctrines. You can't disagree with their experience.

I dont accept the idea that there are two sides to any issue. I think that the middle ground is to be found within most of us.

You are not going to be perfect every day. It’s about turning up the next day and doing it again.

Compassion is a spiritual technology.

Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it’s more of a cerebral ascent.

Depression can kill you. It can also be a spiritually enriching experience. It's really an important part of my theology now and my spirituality that life is not perfect, and I grew up wanting it to be and thinking that if it wasn't, I could make it that way, and I had to acknowledge that I had all kinds of flaws and sadnesses and problems.