The more we chase away the false mysteries - those things we think we know about ourselves and others - the more mysterious our existence becomes.

Our society has been eaten up by the economic view of things, which routinely forces us to work at jobs that don't mean anything.

If some incarnation of evil as unambiguous as Hitler appeared again, I would have no moral qualms about killing the enemy. But in the modern world of moral murkiness, I prefer to keep my hands as clean of enemy blood as possible.

What shapes our lives are the questions we ask, refuse to ask, or never think to ask.

To sustain love, a man and a woman must continually be marrying and divorcing, moving with, against, away from, and beyond each other, saying 'yes' and 'no'.

The telling of your stories is a revolutionary act.

The 'still, small voice' of God never calls on me to be like another man. It appeals to me to rise to my full stature and fulfill the promise that sleeps within my being.