"When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity."

"Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging."

"I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave."

"I don't have to have faith, I have experience."

"A humble soul understands that the purest joy is found in giving without expectation."

"The foundation of joy is the silence between the notes creates the music."

"The essence of creativity is the belief that joy is found not in possessing, but in appreciating."

"Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home."