What happens if I try to build a life dedicated to avoiding all danger and all unnecessary risk?

Aristotle said that philosophy begins in wonder. I believe it also ends in wonder. The ultimate way in which we relate to the world as something sacred is by renewing our sense of wonder. That's why I'm so opposed to the kind of miracle-mongering we find in both new-age and old-age religion. We're attracted to pseudomiracles only because we've ceased to wonder at the world, at how amazing it is.

We now realize that we're not living in a piecemeal world, but a world where everything is linked together.

We [people] may enjoy this fleeting beauty [of life] for such a brief instance. And then we are compost. G - , the creator-destroyer, certainly has a strange sense of humor!

The best practice is to follow the advice posted on every railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen.

Mystical experiences (unlike scientific conclusions) cannot be communicated from one person to another. Philosophers and little children are continually amazed that we, unaccountably, find ourselves in a somewhat intelligible world.

The sense of gratitude produces true spiritual alchemy, makes us magnanimous - large souled.