To give and receive advice - the former with freedom, and yet without bitterness, the latter with patience and without irritation - is peculiarly appropriate to geniune friendship.
For some of us life is so fantastic we can't stand it.
Years ago I heard the Indian Jesuit Raimundo Panikkar say: Expect Nothing.
Ideals are great as long as they don't get in the way of what we want to do.
Until we can sense a sacred quality in time we will not begin to have a fuller understanding of it.
I feel that the only true security I have is my capacity, however limited, to love.
We all have the right to be wrong and be loved just the same.
I don't mind being sexy, but on my terms. To this day, I love sexuality. I love the art of sexuality. I love Lady Gaga and the performance of sexuality. The mysterious, the artistic and the slightly perverse. I'm interested in all that.
An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.
It is about your outlook towards life. You can either regret or rejoice.
Prayer is an investment. The time you dedicate to prayer isn't lost; it will return dividends far greater than what a few moments spent on a task ever could. If we fail to cultivate this discipline, prayer winds up being our last resort rather than our first response.