All of life is an announcement of who we are. The only question is whether this proclamation will be made by choice or by chance.

The only way to find out what you know is to call upon yourself to know it.

I was an altar boy, I took catechism classes and religion classes, and I prayed a lot as a child. My family was very religious, and I really experienced God.

Consider the possibility that the little obstacles in life are not obstacles at all, but stepping stones.

I grant you that frustration is a very mild form of fear, yet it is fear nonetheless.

The day will come when you will review your life and be thankful for every minute of it. Every hurt, every sorrow, every joy, every celebration, every moment of your life will be a treasure to you, for you will see the utter perfection of the design. You will stand back from the weaving and see the tapestry, and you will weep at the beauty of it.

I was told to challenge every spiritual teacher, every world leader to utter the one sentence that no religion, no political party, and no nation on the face of the earth will dare utter: 'Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way.