I fell in love with the thought that a human life could be a priestly conduit, a connecting link between earth and sky. As I grew and stumbled and, most important, as I began to love and be loved, I realized that the ultimate priest is the lover inside us

In the Kabbala, it says that we receive the light in order to impart the light, and thus we repair the world.

To appeal to God is to appeal to the action of universal love. Love never fails to come when we call to it, but it will always seem to fail us when our bidding is self-centered. The most powerful prayers are simply for God's will to be done, because God's will is healing for all living things.

Generation after generation can't just be loaded with more and more nuclear weapons and not ultimately dance to that music.

The highest prize we can receive for creative work is the joy of being creative. Creative effort spent for any other reason than the joy of being in that light filled space, love, god, whatever we want to call it, is lacking in integrity. . .

I think we all need to be looking to the better angels of our own selves. We don't need to be looking for great people so much as becoming great people.

I just want to write books or give talks which, if I were in the audience or I were the reader, I would appreciate.