Silence is God's language, and it's a very difficult language to learn.

Silence is God's language, and it's a very difficult language to learn.

Finding out what particular insights mean to people in other traditions enables us not only to respect but to love the wisdom of other religions.

We're obviously at the edge of something quite new in humanity's experience. That is this globalization process which isn't just economic or social, but involves the interpenetration of cultures, people moving to different places several times in their lifetime, traveling for business or pleasure, and marrying people of very different cultural backgrounds, all of which was almost impossible a hundred years ago.

The root of prayer is interior silence.

The spiritual traditions of all the religions have certain similarities that are unmistakable. They share many of the same basic practices like sacred reading, spiritual guidance, moderation in eating, drinking and sexual expression, and above all, trying to be aware of the presence of God in other people and in everyday life.

If one completes the journey to one's own heart, one will find oneself in the heart of everyone else.