"But I was always coming here. I though about one of my favorite Sufi poems, which says that God long ago drew a circle in the sand exactly around the spot where you are standing right now. I was never not coming here. This was never not going to happen."
"Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation."
"I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on the water."
"This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something."
"In fact, it was all I could do to stop myself from saying, 'I've always been a big fan of your work …"
"I have good idea, for if you meet some person from different religion and he want to make argument about God. My idea is, you listen to everything this man say about God. Never argue about God with him. Best thing to say is, 'I agree with you.' Then you go home, pray what you want. This is my idea for people to have peace about religion."