There is no way that we can understand it all. So the heart's response to that mystery is faith - a trust in the fundamental orderliness of the universe.

The best way to deal with excessive thinking is to just listen to it, to listen to the mind. Listening is much more effective than trying to stop thought or cut it off.

That which is threatening to the ego is liberating to the heart.

If you have time to breathe you have time to meditate. You breathe when you walk. You breathe when you stand. You breathe when you lie down.

The tailor bird builds her nest in deep woods, she uses no more than one branch.The mole drinks off the river, it can only fill one belly. Chuang Tzu

I think of myself as writing for one person, that one perfect reader who understands and loves.

Memory is often less about the truth than about what we want it to be.

Desperate love is always the toughest way to do it.

I never invite idiots to my house.

Who needs to go the horror movies? Just go outside or turn on the TV. Buddha called it the "nightmare of the day." Welcome to incarnate experience.

Our salvation lies not in knowing, but in creating!

A positive attitude means all the difference in the world.

If memories were all I sang, I'd rather drive a truck.

Failure is not a crime. The crime is not trying.