Spiritual energy brings compassion into the world.

Wonder is not a Pollyanna stance, not a denial of reality; wonder is an acknowledgement of the power of the mind to transform, to notice, to decide what experience shall mean.

When you’re stuck in a spiral, to change all aspects of the spin you need only to change one thing.

Writing bridges the inner and outer worlds and connects the paths of action and reflection.

Words are how we think; stories are how we link.

Journal writing is a voyage to the interior.

In the midst of overwhelming noise and distraction, the voice of story is calling us to remember our true selves.

To work in the world lovingly means that we are defining what we will be for, rather than reacting to what we are against.

The purpose of life is not to maintain personal comfort; it's to grow the soul.

Spiritual life is contractual. The sacred cannot dialogue with the unresponsive.

Creatures of a very particular making, we need to know the cultural blinders that narrow our world view as well as the psychological blinders that narrow our view of our personal experience.

The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.

To be intuitive is to possess a godly characteristic: to be bad at second-guessing the good.

reading is awsome

The future was in our own hands. If we wanted a world where such things were possible, it was for us to make it.

Appetite has really become an artificial and abnormal thing, having taken the place of true hunger, which alone is natural. The one is a sign of bondage but the other, of freedom.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

My mother once said "If you don't pay attention to age, then it won't pay attention to you." And she says it, and it sounds nice, but I don't buy it.

The vessel of Revolution can arrive at port only on a sea reddened by torrents of blood.

Every poll shows that most journalists are Democrats.

I tell you one thing - if you want peace of mind, don not fault with others.