Surely it's better to love others, however messy and imperfect the involvement, than to allow one's capacity for love to harden.

It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles.

Look into your own heart, discover what it is that gives you pain and then refuse, under any circumstance whatsoever, to inflict that pain on anybody else.

Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied later Christians. He went around doing good and being compassionate.

Each of the world religions has its own particular genius, its own special insight into the nature and requirements of compassion, and has something unique to teach us.

I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.

Compassion is not an option. It's the key to our survival.

Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity.

Religion isn’t about believing things. It's ethical alchemy. It’s about behaving in a way that changes you, that gives you intimations of holiness and sacredness.

I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions.

The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam; when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central principles of their faith.

…In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves.

Even if you walk through a beautiful garden, you will not be able to find the beauty if your heart is not ready to bloom.

The gods do make playthings of us. But it is we mortals who provide them with tools.

IMPERCEPTIBLE IMPELLENTGod exists in the heart, not in the show of religious alignment

Education is a candle that kindles and enlightens our mind.

Solid information is necessary, but insufficient. We also need to present that information in ways that are inspiring and accessible. That's where stories come in.

A pipe is the fountain of contemplation, the source of pleasure, the companion of the wise; and the man who smokes, thinks like a philosopher and acts like a Samaritan.

We bleed, we tremble; we forget, we smile - The mind turns fool, before the cheek is dry

Weep for me. Bear my pain. Take my come. For I can give you nothing else.

Entrepreneurship is the launching of surprises.