I don't think pain is a prerequisite for growth, but on the other hand, most of us choose very painful ways to learn.

The universe is wired to give us what we need, yet we have to show up for the experience of life with a positive attitude in order to experience its gifts.

Sometimes the purpose of a day is to merely feel our sadness, knowing that as we do, we allow whole layers of grief, like old skin cells to drop off us

The world is in trouble. Many have prayed. God sent help. God sent you.

No one is any more or any less important than you are.

You've done the bourgeois thing, perhaps, but let's not call that love.

A healthy, vital society is not one in which we all agree. It is one in which those who disagree can do so with honor and respect for other people's opinions... and an appreciation of our shared humanity.