The infinite distance between the mind & the body is a symbol of the distance that is infinitely more, between the intellect & love, for love is divine.

The last thing we discover in composing a work is what to put down first.

People often mistake their imagination for their heart, & so often are convinced they are converted as soon as they start thinking of becoming converted.

We best learn patience by practicing it.

A community best serves itself when it truly serves the awakening of the unique story trying to come to life through each person born.

Lawyers spend a great deal of time shovelling smoke.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.

I said, 'What you wanna be?' She said, 'Alive.' It made me think for a minute, then looked in her eyes ...I coulda died.

If people base their identity on identifying with authority, freedom causes anxiety. They must then conceal the victim in themselves by resorting to violence against others.

Our poets have sung of wine, the product of a foreign plant which commonly they never saw, as if our own plants had no juice in them more than the singers.

You can't be what you can't see.

As worldly thoughts diminish, thoughts of God increase. Normally, the mind is all the time desiring these worldly things. As the desires are cut out one by one, the peace becomes stronger.