The human art form is in uniting fruitful activity with a contemplative stance, not one or the other, but always both at the same time.

every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.

The cross solved our problem by first revealing our real problem, our universal pattern of scapegoating and sacrificing others. The cross exposes forever the scene of our crime.

When we fail we are merely joining the great parade of humanity that has walked ahead of us and will follow after us.

Those who are not true leaders will just affirm people at their own immature level.

The ego hates losing – even to God.

People who know how to creatively break the rules also know why the rules were there in the first place.

Much of the work of midlife is to tell the difference between those who are dealing with their issues through you and those who are really dealing with you.

Denial of our pattern of failure seems to be a kind of practical atheism or chosen ignorance among many believers and clergy.

I have prayed for years for one good humiliation a day, and then, I must watch my reaction to it. I have no other way of spotting both my denied shadow self and my idealized persona.

Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing.

What is knowledge without an impact to society?

Trust the vibes you get, energy doesn’t lie.

Don't quit because it's hard. Quit because it's not hard enough

Public misbehavior by the famous is a powerful teaching tool.

I know that I'm inadequate, but I never thought that at seventeen. I thought I was doing the best I could. I thought I was being idealistic.

You have probably had past lives where you were in better stages of mind than you are in now.

Money and stuff aren't what makes us happy. It's strong connections within families and friends, communities of people that truly care about one another.

God wants us to walk in the miraculous!

By using patches of color and tone it is possible to capture every natural impression in the simplest way, freshly and immediately.

You see, nature will do exactly what it must, and if we are a hindrance to its development, to even its destructive powers to reform itself and we are in a way, we will go.