The world is desperately in need of people who will break themselves open and pour themselves out for the reconciliation of all things- that's what the world needs.

When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's a noble goal.

Atoms are a relationship of energy. You are a relationship of energy interacting with another person who is another complex relationship of energy. We all exchange more than words with each other. . . We are made of the same substance as rocks and stars. .. We are an exotic cocktail living on this planet. .. We live in this universe which is a self-transcending reality

Suffering is traumatic and awful and we get angry and we shake our fists at the heavens and we vent and rage and weep. But in the process we discover a new tomorrow, one we never would have imagined otherwise.

Sociologically, large groups of people don't generally have massive changes in their belief instantaneously.

That may sound a big vague, but what has struck me in city after city is that despite our differences and diversity, there's a common humanity we all share. In many ways we're all searching and longing for the same things.

I'm very comfortable in a room with thousands of people.