I know only enough of God to want to worship him, by any means ready to hand.

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

No one escapes the wilderness on the way to the promised land.

At a certain point, you say to the woods, to the sea, to the mountains, the world, Now I am ready. Now I will stop and be wholly attentive. You empty yourself and wait, listening.

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.

As a life's work, I would remember everything - everything, against loss. I would go through life like a plankton net.

Experiencing the present purely is being empty and hollow; you catch grace as a man fills his cup under a waterfall.

According to Inuit culture in Greenland, a person possesses six or seven souls. The souls take the form of tiny people scattered throughout the body.

The answer must be, I think, that beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.

I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck.

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.

God is the Father of light.

One wonders what would happen in a society where there were no rules to break. Doubtlessly everyone would quickly die of boredom.

I am born here among the monsters

Terrorism has no religion, but secularism has one and only one.

Everyone makes mistakes. The important thing is to not make the same mistake twice.

Unfounded fears about your competence and abilities can cripple your unique talents and gifts, which are waiting to be released.

I realized how important it was to know something about aviation, and it was something I was interested in, so I followed my brother's footsteps and obtained my pilot's license.

The average American has separated his private life from his existence as a member of his society, and leaves that to the specialists in the government to take care of.

When I'm writing for rappers it's kinda like switching, "Okay, you're not PJ. Now you have to act like a rapper."

Vik? You ready? (Devyn) Your stupidity is what I live for, Captain. (Vik)