Religious belief has made me comfortable with ambiguity.

Faith is so rare-and religion so common-because no one wants to live between first base and second base. Faith is the in-between space where you're not sure you'll make it to second base. You've let go of one thing and haven't yet latched into another. Most of us choose the security of first base.

Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.

The ego hates losing – even to God.

The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it.

If you work with such people almost on the level of spiritual direction, you see that they are people who prefer a world view of order and even punitiveness. And for some reason, there's a feeling that the male psyche is going to give that to them. And if that's your view of religion, which it is for many people, if they've never come to the mystical level, religion is for social order and to maintain social order.

Creation is a process that is still happening and we’re in on it! We are a part of this endless creativity of God.