Only after I faced the unhappiness of my first marriage did I start on the path of personal growth.

As we get past our superficial material wants and instant gratification we connect to a deeper part of ourselves, as well as to others, and the universe.

I learned to be with myself rather than avoiding myself with limiting habits; I started to be aware of my feelings more, rather than numb them.

Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are at your deepest place.

We are hungry for more; if we do not consciously pursue the More, we create less for ourselves and make it more difficult to experience More in life.

This is the blood's wild tree that grows the intricate and folded rose

When we learn new behaviors and break through to higher levels of consciousness and love, we can fulfill the deeper spiritual hunger within.

Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they are even encouraged in many cases. Yet they are lethal to the spirit.

When not deeply engaged in creative activities, or numbed by the TV, I felt empty and hungry. My heart hurt... I often felt hollow or as if I were some kind of wispy ghost, barely existing.

That impulse I think is a form of love. Poetry is something that comes to you, rather than your having to work out its form beforehand.

Feelings or Emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are in your deepest place.

Peace cannot be kept by force

public self is a conditioned construct of the inner psychological self.

I don't think feminism, as I understand the definition, implies the rejection of maternal values, nurturing children, caring about the men in your life. That is just nonsense to me.

An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.

Iraq does not pose an imminent threat to the United States of any of its neighboring nations.

A theological thought can breathe only in the atmosphere of dialogue with God.

The more you devote yourself to study of the sacred utterances, the richer will be your understanding of them, just as the more the soil is tilled, the richer the harvest.

Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost.

My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do.