To be spiritual is to be genuine in everything you say and do, come what may.

I know that if we allow ourselves into the gridlock of tribalism, we're in trouble.

If you're interested in the door to the heavens opening, start with the door to your own secret self.

What will matter is the good we did, not the good we expected others to do.

Grief is an expression that you loved well.

When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead.

One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.

Fear is a sneaky thief, stealing away precious moments of your life.

In the true spirit of the holidays, let the darkness of your moods lead you back up to the light, and when New Year's rolls around, your resolution will be tinged with new authenticity and power.

When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand, we are dipping into the abundant well of spiritual longing.

I think that life is a friggin' magic carpet ride - it's amazing. Everything about life is mysterious and beautiful and touching and tragic and lovely and mystical.

At times as he lay in bed listening to her breathing, a fear came over him that after marriage death was the next major event.

Let me put it this way: There is nothing in Islam that is fundamentally against the quest for knowledge.

Weeded and worn the ancient thatch Upon the lonely moated grange.

Ruth's writing is so joyful, funny and uplifting; it's always a real treat of a read.

If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.

I'm a really humble person and I'm a really on-the-go person. For me, it's never that serious.

Time unbounded is hard to handle.

Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.

He drove me home in the van, complaining, 'Women only like me for my mind'.

As strenuous challenge or contemplative retreat, the parks and other units of the national lands offer welcome respite from the world, a safety valve for body and spirit.