Prayer enables us to transform the world because it transforms us.

If you're busy regretting the past, then a new future can't come in.

Ultimately, my daughter is not going to learn from what I do, not from what I say. For better or for worse. I see that everyday.

When you meet anyone, remember it is a holy encounter. As you see him, you will see yourself. As you treat him, you will treat yourself. As you think of him, you will think of yourself. Never forget this, for in him you will find yourself or lose yourself.

Experience is necessary for us to grow.

It takes mystical insight to see the beauty and innocence in each other, even when that is not what we are showing to the world. That is why God is needed in intimate relationships, to move us beyond the perceptions that can so often poison love.

The role of a leader is not to rule over other people, but to hold a space for their own genius.