We are all at risk of something. Of ending up exactly where we began, of failing to imagine and find and know and actualize who we could be. The only difference is the distance of the leap.

You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love.

What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was?

Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.

Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will.

The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light. Look hard. Risk that.

You have to say I am forgiven again and again until it becomes the story you believe about yourself.

That my complicated life could be made so simple was astounding.

Real love moves freely in both directions. Don't waste your time on anything else.

Be about ten times more magnanimous than you believe yourself capable of. Your life will be a hundred times better for it.

Love is our essential nutrient. Without it, life has little meaning. It's the best thing we have to give and the most valuable thing we receive. It's worthy of all the hullabaloo.

Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens.

What You were Once, Was Also Because You Were Someone Else Before that

We firmly believe the environmental issues cannot be addressed without extensive public participation, but people need to be informed before they can get involved.

As goes love so goes life.

I once had a garden filled with flowers that grew only on dark thoughts, but they needed constant attention and one day I decided I had better things to do.

It's only the giving that makes you what you are.

Big Brother is home. He is installed in the item you just dragged home from the Apple store.

It amazes me how little common curtesy people can show when their tested.

The ability of Americans to toss off oppressive characters is the most rewarding aspect, to me, of U.S. history.

DNA ties us all together; we share ancestry with barracuda and bacteria and mushrooms, if you go far enough back.