Spiritual connection does not mean romance

The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind

Just let go. Let go of how you thought your life should be, and embrace the life that is trying to work its way into your consciousness.

When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful.

Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do. I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering.

By far the strongest poison to the human spirit is the inability to forgive oneself or another person. Forgiveness is no longer an option but a necessity for healing.

Grant me the grace to dissolve my negative thoughts about myself today. I breathe the grace of kindness into my heart. And may the grace of healing flow abundantly to every one in need of help.

Never blame another person for your personal choices - you are still the one who must live out the consequences of your choices.

You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you'll get to tomorrow. Intention without action is useless.

There is no such thing as a simple act of compassion or an inconsequential act of service. Everything we do for another person has infinite consequences.

Being of service is not an option, it is a biological necessity. Every kind of action we do for someone is a reanimation of our own life force - and of the other person's.

A young man is afraid of his demon and pulls his hand over the demon's mouth sometimes and speaks for him.

A pastor can teach you on TV, but he can't pastor you on TV. There's so much to gain by belonging to a church.

To be acknowledged outside of my city is amazing to me, because I don't really feel like I did nothing distasteful. I made the music I want to make, and people started to like it.

The natural man perceiveth not the things of the Spirit, and he cannot know them, for they are foolishness unto him.

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.

Memory is the fourth dimension to any landscape.

The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president.

As a citizen of the post-historical variety, I am in continual mourning and prepared for worse.

Punishment damages goodwill and self-esteem, and shifts our attention from the intrinsic value of an action to external consequences.

You only have one first chance to make one first impression that lasts a lifetime.