When we learn new behaviors and break through to higher levels of consciousness and love, we can fulfill the deeper spiritual hunger within.

As we get past our superficial material wants and instant gratification we connect to a deeper part of ourselves, as well as to others, and the universe.

I learned to be with myself rather than avoiding myself with limiting habits; I started to be aware of my feelings more, rather than numb them.

Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are at your deepest place.

We are hungry for more; if we do not consciously pursue the More, we create less for ourselves and make it more difficult to experience More in life.

This is the blood's wild tree that grows the intricate and folded rose

Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they are even encouraged in many cases. Yet they are lethal to the spirit.

When not deeply engaged in creative activities, or numbed by the TV, I felt empty and hungry. My heart hurt... I often felt hollow or as if I were some kind of wispy ghost, barely existing.

Only after I faced the unhappiness of my first marriage did I start on the path of personal growth.

That impulse I think is a form of love. Poetry is something that comes to you, rather than your having to work out its form beforehand.

Feelings or Emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are in your deepest place.

Be a hungry, passionate go-getter and together we will accomplish wonders.

Everything you do makes my body scream with loneliness. When I see you, the room swallows me. I find myself at the bottom of the pool.

If you ignored the benign ghost that haunted the place and the witch who lived inside, it was practically the picture of normalcy.

Likings arise when one has no earthly reason for liking - the most wildly improbable marriages and uncommon friendship.

Self-will seems to be the only virtue that takes no account of man-made laws.

He had shown her all the workings of his soul, mistaking this for love.

Buddhist teachings are not a religion, they are a science of mind.

I was criticized for being too much concerned with the average Canadians. I can't help that; I am one of them!

Don't play dead with a vulture. That's exactly what they want.

I don't want to be thought of as the 'girl who was shot by the Taliban' but the 'girl who fought for education. This is the cause to which I want to devote my life.