I believe we are shown the path that is right as soon as we ask for it. Then we must live in the world and in some way express what we have learned.

I think the heartbreak of September 11 - America's grief not only over the loss of life but also the loss of our own innocence -has expanded us as people because it has tenderized our hearts. On a psychological level, the American people have matured as a result of that awful day.

Whenever we feel lost, or insane, or afraid, all we have to do is ask for His help. The help might not come in the form we expected, or even thought we desired, but it will come, and we will recognize it by how we feel. In spite of everything, we will feel at peace.

I don't think of spiritual principle as a struggle. I think of life lived without spiritual principles as a struggle.

Once you get to your forties or fifties in this society, very few people haven't had at least one body blow - financial, bankruptcy, divorce, relationship disaster, addiction, trouble with a child, trouble with a parent. Most people take some blow.

We love purely when we release other people to be who they are.

I think it's unfortunate how many people today try to build up their own careers by denigrating the work of others.