What a liberating thing to realize that our problems are probably our richest sources for rising to the ultimate virtue of compassion.

If God is God, we cant be afraid of what we can learn.

In many ways, religion comes from the same place in us that art comes from. The language of the human heart if poetry

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.

Buddhist mindfulness is about the present, but I also think its about being real. Being awake to everything. Feeling like nothing can hurt you if you can look it straight on.

Humanity needs this technology as much as it needs all other technologies that have now connected us and set before us the terrifying and wondrous possibility of actually becoming one human race.

Compassion also brings us into the territory of mystery - encouraging us not just to see beauty, but perhaps also to look for the face of God in the moment of suffering, in the face of a stranger, in the face of the vibrant religious other.