Most people think that to meditate, I should feel a particular special something, and if I don't, then I must be doing something wrong.

When I meditate, I can feel an energy that is much bigger than me but is also part of me, and it's a very powerful energy.

Meditation is an essential aspect of my life.

Taking a 10-minute meditation break is something you can do anywhere in your office, and it's so easy - you're not at the altar.

Meditation isn't necessarily this magical experience where we don't ever have thoughts.

I think prayerful meditation, being still in a space, being still with God, I don't do that enough. It's crazy, because when I do do it, I always walk away from it going, 'Why the hell am I not doing that more?'

I don't go to parties in general.

Each of us needs an opportunity to be alone and silent, or even, indeed, to find space in the day or in the week, just to reflect and to listen to the voice of God that speaks deep within us. . . . In fact, our search for God is only our response to his search for us. He knocks at our door, but for many people, their lives are too preoccupied for them to be able to hear. — Cardinal Basil Hume

Solitude is the practice of being absent from people and things to attend to God.

I have a need of such clearance as the Savior effected in the temple of Jerusalem a riddance of clutter of what is secondary that blocks the way to the all-important central emptiness which is filled with the presence of God alone. 4 —Jean Danielou

Trust God to run the universe without you.

In what ways does my current pace of life and leadership enhance or diminish my ability to allow God's will and presence full scope in my life?