"Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations."

"You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes."

"But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be."

"And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on."

"The harmony of the universe dictates that the beauty of life is found in its imperfections."

"There's been some research in cognitive science, I'm told, that discloses that there have always been perhaps 10 to 15 percent of people who are, as Pascal puts it, so made that they cannot believe. To us, when people talk about faith, it's white noise."

"The harmony of the universe dictates that authenticity is the rarest and most beautiful asset."

"The universe speaks in the silent dialect of universal natural laws. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."