Emotions are the natural substances of the soul ... and when we think we can't handle the emotions, we lose the natural substances of the soul and begin looking for substances to replace the flow.

When you step further into the story you came to live, not only does the mythic territory open, but the deep self moves and the world of imagination and meaning comes towards you.

Each person is a story that the Soul of the World wants to tell to itself.

Everyone gets wounded in this world and everyone has within them some golden qualities that can serve to heal the wounds of time and the traumatic effects of human tragedy.

As a culture, we turn away from people just when they are in times of change. That's when most communities used to embrace people, so the individual and the culture both benefited.

A false sense of security is the only kind there is.

When a culture simply shrugs about what happens to people in war, it breaks the fragile sequence, the bond between all people.

The desire to be part of something greater and to occupy life more fully, is also a desire to touch and be touched by the living imagination that sustains each soul and all of life.

While you had the chance to live, did you become your true self?

Genius is the basis for the deepest type of mentoring. When true learning occurs genius teaches genius and both the teacher and the student grow.

The gift within the gift involved the opening of an inner eye that changed how I looked at life.

the answers you look for are within you and around you

I believe that destiny, and anything that is truly meant to be, will always find a way to right itself.

Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. It's how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture.

To be human is to be aware of the passage of time; no concept lies closer to the core of our consciousness.

Productivity isn't magic. It's discipline.

I get up every morning and read the obituary column. If my name's not there, I eat breakfast.

Coaching is effective self-expression in the coach/client relationship so that you catalyze your clients' manifestation of their own desired outcomes.

I do know what my first meal in the next world would be Spaghetti Aglio e Olio, heavy on everything.

I don't have you, and without you, it feels like what I do have doesn't matter.

Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it's so important that we don't rely on it.