Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty.

Until we can receive with an open heart, we're never really giving with an open heart. When we attach judgment to receiving help, we knowingly or unknowingly attach judgment to giving help.

Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart.

Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.

Cruelty is easy, cheap and rampant.

Compassionate people are boundaried people.

Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart.

Ordinary courage is about putting our vulnerability on the line. In today’s world, that’s pretty extraordinary.

You’ll also wonder how you can feel so brave and so afraid at the same time.

Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it- it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy. When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.

Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules

I always do like to write love stories, even if they end tragically.

In nature, no organic substance is synthesized unless there is provision for its degradation; recycling is enforced.

I think actors who take things too far are funny.

You should be smart enough to know that you don't know everything. But you have to believe in yourself. I certainly do.

You can't fake being able to cook well.

Who knew there were so many ghosts to be busted in the world?

This capacity to go beyond the factors of conditioning is one of the obvious advantages of the human person.

The theory of marketing is solid but the practice of marketing leaves much to be desired.

In Rome, I loved seeing the Caravaggios. There are churches in Rome that have Caravaggios, and there's one, not far from Piazza Navona, that has the best, I think: St. Matthew with the money.