We have been given the gift of life in this perplexing world to become who we ultimately are: creatures of boundless love, caring compassion, and wisdom.

It is the inner life that is to spark the change in consciousness that will permit us to advance

As our world becomes smaller, through a growing common culture, the true test of community will be our tolerance for our most profound differences and love for the most challenging among us.

Kindness is the highest form of intelligence.

What transforms us is not what we do but our integration with WHAT IS.

Work is holy, sacred, and uplifting when it springs from who we are, when it bears a relationship to our unfolding journey.

The earth itself is their church; the vast, open sky its ceiling.

One reads not for information, but inspiration.

Prayer is the maternity where ideas are born.

That's what "meaning" is—a special additive like salt or garlic that could make even the most fetid piece of meat seem palpable, even delicious.

Even the most deft pen is a clumsy tool.

The side's all right, but my bloody knees are killing me!

There is no such thing as a miracle. A miracle is just what somebody else doesn't understand. If we went back into the Stone Age and we lit a match, they'd say, "Ahh miracla, miracla!"

I'm shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong.

We're in one of the biggest tech bubbles we've ever had.

I support basic research, which can lead to discoveries that change our world, expand our horizons and save lives.

My fans want me to talk to them. And even if they want to be critical, I want to hear what they've got to say.

I didn't realise how important stupid people are in your life, because you ask yourself, what made stupid people so stupid? What made them the way they are?