When true forgiveness happens it is one of the most astonishing and liberating of the human experience.

God is waiting eagerly to respond with new strength to each little act of self-control, small disciplines of prayer, feeble searching after him. And his children shall be filled if they will only hunger and thirst after what he offers.

Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation.

Meditation on the majestic energyof the universe should increase our love for humanity, should widen, not narrow, our hearts.

When true forgiveness happens it is one of the most astonishing and liberating of the human experience.

The wrong question to ask of a myth is whether it is true or false. The right question is whether it is living or dead, whether it still speaks to our condition.

The use of God in moral debate is so problematic as to be almost worthless.