Yes, hardships come. But I see in my life and in the lives of others how often something that does not have to be held as a hardship is dealt with by the mind as though it is.

If you know what makes one person's life change, then you know what makes a nation change - because a nation is simply a large group of individuals.

I don't feel there is any spiritual or metaphysical justification for turning our backs on human suffering.

God would have us move to the highest level of our nature, and that means that we need to understand that our capacity to deal with the spirit-the darkness of the spirit with the light of the spirit as our greatest power.

Your character defects are not where you're bad, but where you're wounded. But no matter who or what causes the wound, it's yours now and you're responsible for it.

All things show up in the world according to the purposes we ascribe to them.

My story has been the story of my generation.