If our love of God does not directly influence, and even change, how we engage in the issues of our time on this earth, I wonder what good religion is.

The morning glories and the sunflowers turn naturally toward the light, but we have to be taught, it seems.

All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain. If we do not transform our pain, we will transmit it to those around us.

We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.

The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it.

Religion is one of the safest places to hide from God.

The path of descent is the path of transformation. Darkness, failure, relapse, death, and woundedness are our primary teachers, rather than ideas or doctrines.

God is always bigger than the boxes we build for God, so we should not waste too much time protecting the boxes.

Maturity is the ability to joyfully live in an imperfect world.

There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am and it's enough.

You come to God not by being strong, but by being weak; not by being right, but through your mistakes.

If God can get money through you, He'll get it to you!

If the guy's a cutie, you've gotta tap that booty.

Depression is when you have lots of love, but no one's taking.

The question is no longer whether the United States should contribute to assuring Israel's survival and prosperity; that goes without saying.

Every cure of obesity must begin with these three essential precepts:discretion in eating, moderation in sleeping, and exercise.

Restrict bankruptcy rules.

We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he'd get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss.

Due to financial reasons, I dropped out of school after eight years of formal schooling.

I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.

Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without end.