For what is faith, except a perspective on life seen through the belief that there is a purpose, there is hope, there are miracles, there is something better coming and there is a loving God.

why do I sleep? Because I dream, and that is where I hear the best stories and find the hidden destinations of life.

We need great prophetic leaders in religion and in spirituality... what we are getting is lacking in vision... not able to engage with the diversity of the culture.

The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.

Cultural anthropology is not valuable because it uncovers the archaic in the psychological sense. It is valuable because it is constantly rediscovering the normal.

This willingness to be frank and plain about the way that the world is, is a good first step. But that doesn't mean that you get what you want.

You had to grow up sometime. The fellows who grew early, they were in jeopardy. They became the cops and the crooks, and the crooks became the gangsters. The crooks became the Al Capones.

I don't like to be the guy that stands out. I like kind of sneaking up on guys instead of being out front.

Everything looks different when you're older, not staring up at the world but down upon it.

Far as I can tell, I still have most of my hair, my gut is not hanging over my belt, and I still have all of my teeth.

Look at this tangle of thorns.