The whole Bible is the story of men and women trying to get back to God, to overcome that sin with sacrifices, good works, sermons, prophesy, witnessing, giving all kinds of things. It never worked.

A lot of us have jobs where we need to give people structure but that is different from controlling.

We are a nation of people who are afraid we are not enough.

I was taught that pain is bad.

A lot of the people in San Francisco think of themselves as healers - not just as people delivering this base service, but giving their clients spiritual help. It's almost like being an actor, playing a different part for each trick.

With these big superhero movies, everybody is so tight-lipped about everything, there's a certain amount of just going on faith.

If you look back through history, you'll see that God, in any form - Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed - has always wanted prosperity for everyone. There was a recognition of the need to integrate our material and spiritual lives. But that message was distorted by various leaders with their own agendas.

True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.