"Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes."

"The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe."

"And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on."

"You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes."

"Religion is the best antidote to the individualism of the consumer age. The idea that society can do without it flies in the face of history and, now, evolutionary biology."

"As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others."

"The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history."

"In terms of the history of a far reaching movement, 20 years is not that long."