I think every writer lives for the thought that there will be a moment when somebody reads something on the page and says, "Yes!"

People who hate often do so with great conviction. What we need are more people who love with conviction.

Increasing meaning and joy on the planet is the ultimate goal because within that space all evil is cast out.

Think of everything you've ever experienced that was painful; that's the meaning of Good Friday. Think of all the ways that love ultimately healed your heart; that's the meaning of Easter.

We need to shift from an economic organizing principle for human civilization, to a humanitarian organizing principle. Making money more important than your own children is a pathological way for an individual to run their affairs, and it's a pathological way for a society to run its affairs.

Environmentally, the planet will not sustain the kind of abuse it receives at our hands.

Some pain is simply the normal grief of human existence. That is pain that I try to make room for.