True, trust necessarily carries with it uncertainties, but we must force ourselves to think about these uncertainties as possibilities and opportunities, not as liabilities.

The brain can be seen as a complex machine, like a gooey computer.

Love can be understood only "from the inside," as a language can be understood only by someone who speaks it, as a world can be understood only by someone who lives in it.

Building trust begins with an appreciation and understanding of trust, but it also requires practice and practices.

The trumped-up charges against kitsch and sentimentality should disturb us and make us suspicious.

Trust is a skill learned over time so that, like a well-trained athlete, one makes the right moves, usually without much reflection.

Spirituality can be severed from both vicious sectarianism and thoughtless banalities. Spirituality, I have come to see, is nothing less than the thoughtful love of life. [Spirituality for the Skeptic]