Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

The shadows are deepening all around us. Now is the time when we must begin to see our world and ourselves in a different way.

Easter is always the answer to "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me!"

When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.

Love isn't how you feel. It's what you do.

Calvin said, "Do you know that this is the first time I've seen you without your glasses?" "I'm blind as a bat without them. I'm near-sighted, like father." "Well, you know what, you've got dream-boat eyes," Calvin said. "Listen, you go right on wearing your glasses. I don't think I want anybody else to see what gorgeous eyes you have.

The primary needs can be filled without language. We can eat, sleep, make love, build a house, bear children, without language. But we cannot ask questions. We cannot ask, 'Who am I? Who are you? Why?