I can’t say that there are “things” that make me come alive. There are thoughts that make me come alive. Those are thoughts that take me beyond myself; that remind me that there’s a bigger game going on on this planet than simply my own existence; that love works miracles, and how much we need them now.

If I had to choose between a narrow-minded woman or a man who was an enlightened thinker, I would vote for the man.

The purpose of daily prayer is the cultivation of a sense of the sacred. Sacred energy renews us.

The real transformation of the world comes not from what we are doing but from the consciousness from which we are doing it.

We shouldn’t come up with a pseudo-spiritual excuse for turning away from the pain of the world.

In asking for miracles, we are seeking a practical goal: a return to inner peace. We’re not asking for something outside us to change, but for something inside us to change. We’re looking for a softer orientation to life.

Making our goal anything other than peace is emotionally self-destructive.