To experience a little hunger now and then can be a beautiful reminder of the deeper hunger of our souls.

To be alive is to be addicted, and to be alive and addicted is to stand in need of grace.

I would prefer a thousand mistakes in extravagance of love to any paralysis in wariness of fear.

Blessings sometimes come through brokenness that could never come in any other way.

Seek the truth, not what is comfortable. Seek the real, not the easy.

In every feeling, look deeply. Explore without ceasing. At bottom, love is.

True growth is a process which one allows to happen rather than causes to happen.

The difference between work and play is only a matter of attitude. Work, fully done, is play.

Addiction is not something we can simply take care of by applying the proper remedy. For it is in the very nature of addiction to feed on our attempts to master it.

Zen is not about eliminating thoughts but illuminating them.

She laughs an honest laugh... one that puts the fakes on edge and makes them dream of being better.

Have the nature of a dervish: then wear a stylish cap.

The premise upon which mass compulsion schooling is based is dead wrong. It tries to shoehorn every style, culture, and personality into one ugly boot that fits nobody.

If the thrill of hunting were in the hunt, or even in the marksmanship, a camera would do just as well.

I honestly eat chocolate all day long. I do realize how blessed I am to be able to eat what I want and not have to live in the gym.

We are here simply to decide whether Congress should take the taxpayer dollars of millions of pro-life Americans and use them to fund the destruction of human embryos for research.

Fear and guilt are your only enemies. If you let go of fear, fear lets go of you. If you release guilt, guilt will release you. How do you do that? By deciding to.

I once wrote that anybody who believes the world is only 6,000 years old is either ignorant, stupid, insane or wicked.

I absolutely trust that every animal and person has their own very necessary journey.

Light griefs do speak, while sorrow's tongue is bound.