It was as if God had become not only the object of my praise and thanksgiving but my creative partner as well.

Learn to listen to subtle cues from your spirit instead of the barrage coming from your brain.

Meditation is a spiritual human activity like mourning, fasting, or praying, and is not limited to one religious group while remaining unavailable to others. (103)

When we create an environment where our spirit is in sync with the Divine Spirit, then we should be on the lookout for good, positive, helpful thoughts and ideas from a source beyond ourselves. p23.

The challenge is to draw on the past but not be bound by it" p. 20

Praise is the portal to the presence of God.

Religion is more beautiful when it brings out the goodness in a person.

Positive findings are around twice as likely to be published as negative findings. This is a cancer at the core of evidence-based medicine.

[One task of intellectuals is] to break down the stereotypes and reductive categories that are . . . limiting to human thought and communication.

History is full of examples of people compromising their beliefs in order to keep themselves alive.

The ambition of an England manager should be to become England manager.

The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because bank robberies have been a priority

Seems to me God made a big mistake when He failed to put handles on watermelons.

Man finds happiness only in the superfluous. Under communism, he has only the essentials. How abominable and ridiculous!

Placing blame on others is easy. Taking responsibility for yourself is empowering.

In prosperous times I have sometimes felt my fancy and powers of language flag, but adversity is to me at least a tonic and bracer.