“Only in moments such as this, in the company of sublimity, do we notice ourselves breathing and marvel at the act.”

“The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped and steeped as though in an atmosphere of the marvelous; but we do not notice it.”

“We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvelously who we were born to be.”

“Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. Every breath we take, every step we take, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. The question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment.”

“It is not only by dint of lying to others, but also of lying to ourselves, that we cease to notice that we are lying.”

“We are not spending company time trying to figure out how to do a dirty porno act!”