By bringing the past into the present, we create a future just like the past. By letting the past go, we make room for miracles.

The historian Arthur Schlesinger has pointed out that people tend to get interested in politics again every 30 years. The universe moves in cycles of three. The number figures in everything from Pythagoras's theory that the universe is based on three to the Father-the-Son-and-the-Holy- Ghost to the three-sided pyramidal shapes that intersect in the Jewish Star of David. The notion of the mystical three, metaphysically, spiritually, and even politically, is quite interesting to me.

The fact that the commercial success of my books has allowed me to buy a house for myself and my daughter I think is a lovely thing. I don't think there is anything wrong with that.

I believe that the truth with a capital T is at the center of all the great religious teachings.

We don't ask God for too much; in fact, we ask for too little. Turn to Him for everything. Give everything to God.

Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.

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.