To be content with the world as it is is to be dead.

With the disappearance of God the Ego moves forward to become the sole divinity.

Death is what takes place within us when we look upon others not as gift, blessing, or stimulus but as threat, danger, competition.

toleration of exploitation, oppression, and injustice points to a condition lying like a pall over the whole of society; it is apathy, an unconcern that is incapable of suffering.

Bible texts are best read with a pair of glasses made out of today's newspaper.

Religion does not confirm that there are hungry people in the world; it interprets the hungry to be our brethren whom we allow to starve.

If my hands are fully occupied in holding on to something, I can neither give nor receive.

What is important is not what someone is but what he is waiting for. Not the events of life but its possibilities.

A language that takes our emotions seriously and gives them real weight in our lives encourages us to think and be and act differently.

This is the purpose of theology. By it my life becomes clearer and more conscious.

God has no other hands than ours.

A wind that blows aimlessly is no good to anyone.

Never say ‘no’ to adventures. Always say ‘yes, ’ otherwise you’ll lead a very dull life.

I believe the only thing that we really have control over is our attitude. If we focus on the positive things in our lives and learn how to cope with all the surprises, we will be happier people.

I'm shockingly terrible at action movies.

We're not competitor obsessed, we're customer obsessed. We start with the customer and we work backwards.

I could not deprive you of the revelation of all that you could accomplish together, of a friendship that will define you both in ways you cannot yet realize.

When I say to a parent, "read to a child", I don't want it to sound like medicine. I want it to sound like chocolate.

Change is not popular; we are creatures of habit as human beings. 'I want it to be the way it was.' But if you continue the way it was there will be no 'is.'

No. The real heroes wear camo. I'm not one of them.

I'm convinced that some of our greatest and most influential teachers show up in our lives disguised as people we resent or even despise.