The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Read more »

“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.” —Anaïs Nin Read more »

Use something that’s broken to create something beautiful. Read more »

Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? One possible answer: What if we are stars? Read more »

We are all part of a great story stretching back to the beginning of the universe and forward into the future, a story that encompasses the whole universe. Read more »

“For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.” —Elie Wiesel

“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”—Socrates

“God has no religion.” —Mahatma Gandhi

“All peoples are members of the same body, created from one essence. ” —Saadi

“The winds of grace are always blowing but you have to raise the sail.”—Ramakrishna

For many of us, it proves impossible to limit religious thought to a narrow creed. The more we learn, the more difficult it becomes to restrict ourselves to the definition of ultimate reality, or God, that we grew up with, or held when we were young. Read more »

I wrote this prayer sitting in a military chapel in Afghanistan. The prayer was inspired by my encounter with a service-member I met. Read more »

Well-meaning people explain that it doesn’t matter what religion I choose, but I must choose, and only one. Only then, they say, can I go truly deep into a religion. Read more »