To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy.

Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

People outside of the faith really appreciate Mosaic and really love what we're doing.

Every moral teacher or spiritual adviser gives injunctions about how to live wisely and well. But life is so complicated and full of uncertainty that rules seldom tell us quite what to do.

My writing practice taught me the important thing is steadfastness. It's not necessarily discipline. Discipline can become a prison. When your spiritual practices become another thing for you to be anxious about, they've lost their usefulness.

Every great discovery I ever made, I gambled that the truth was there, and then I acted in faith until I could prove its existence.