The movement toward gratitude, authenticity, and union is the natural and organic inner work of the second half of our lives.

The morning glories and the sunflowers turn naturally toward the light, but we have to be taught, it seems.

All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain. If we do not transform our pain, we will transmit it to those around us.

We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.

The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it.

Religion is one of the safest places to hide from God.

The path of descent is the path of transformation. Darkness, failure, relapse, death, and woundedness are our primary teachers, rather than ideas or doctrines.

God is always bigger than the boxes we build for God, so we should not waste too much time protecting the boxes.

Maturity is the ability to joyfully live in an imperfect world.

There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am and it's enough.

You come to God not by being strong, but by being weak; not by being right, but through your mistakes.

...the dead have a way of becoming saints in the eyes of their survivors...

Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?

May your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitements a marriage should bring, and may life grant you also patience, tolerance, and understanding.

One thing I'm most passionate about is that I'm geared up and ready for another cycle of touring, to go out in the world and be whoever I need to be for someone.

I listen to a little Marina & The Diamonds. She has a song called 'Teen Idle' that I really like.

There is satisfaction in seeing one's household prosper; in being both bountiful and provident.

Life-complication Theory: Given a choice between an easy solution and a complicated one, the loser will usually opt to travel the complicated path. Don't ignore a solution just because it's simple!

I always feel like there’s no fighter that I can’t figure out.

Life is very short, and it ought not to be spent crawling at the feet of miserable scoundrels.

In the 70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.