"There are thousands of things going on all the time that aren't reported in the major media, evidence of an enormous amount of energy in towns and cities all over the country -- energy of people who are undertaking noble and helpful activity...you get a sense of an enormous potential for change in this country."
"I pray for the strength to accept that lives most often end in tragedy, that quests don't always work, that understanding is a long and lonely hunt, that I can't reason my way to love, eat gold, or live forever. And that none of this matters. I pray to understand that I am here to find my way back to God whatever that takes, and all the rest...is an illusion."