In my youth, it was my good luck to have a few good teachers, men and women, who came into my head and lit a match.

If you take two steps towards God,' he used to tell me, 'God runs to you!

At moments of wonder, it is easy to avoid small thinking, to entertain thoughts that span the universe, that capture both thunder and tinkle, thick and thin, the near and the far.

I love Canada. Its a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.

The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy.

If you are pitched into misery, remember that your days on this earth are counted and you might as well make the best of those you have left.

Religion is more than rite and ritual.