Trust is a skill, one that is an aspect of virtually all human practices, cultures, and relationships.

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

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

There has been talk in Europe about American hegemony being somehow based upon the use of the dollar in the world. I just don't see that connection at all.

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.

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]

Chances are the movements of the euro as against the dollar will be relatively moderate.