When we do cross paths with people whose beliefs and attitudes conflict with our own, we are rarely challenged.
Humor is not a trick, not jokes. Humor is a presence in the world - like grace - and shines on everybody.
I think if the church put in half the time on covetousness that it does on lust, this would be a better world for all of us.
A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
Intelligence is like four-wheel drive. It only allows you to get stuck in more remote places.
Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.
God writes a lot of comedy. . . the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.
If you break your knee, you have therapy on your knee, and it's the same for your heart.
When we have many things within ourselves which are neither known nor accepted, then such things complicate our lives horrifyingly, and in fact provoke all sorts of situations which could be avoided through knowledge of ourselves.
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
All expression of truth does at length take this deep ethical form.