Words are how we think; stories are how we link.

Wonder is not a Pollyanna stance, not a denial of reality; wonder is an acknowledgement of the power of the mind to transform, to notice, to decide what experience shall mean.

When you’re stuck in a spiral, to change all aspects of the spin you need only to change one thing.

Writing bridges the inner and outer worlds and connects the paths of action and reflection.

Journal writing is a voyage to the interior.

In the midst of overwhelming noise and distraction, the voice of story is calling us to remember our true selves.

To work in the world lovingly means that we are defining what we will be for, rather than reacting to what we are against.

The purpose of life is not to maintain personal comfort; it's to grow the soul.

Spiritual life is contractual. The sacred cannot dialogue with the unresponsive.

Creatures of a very particular making, we need to know the cultural blinders that narrow our world view as well as the psychological blinders that narrow our view of our personal experience.

How we remember, what we remember, and why we remember form the most personal map of our individuality.

Act-act in the living present!

I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.

These parents, they think I'm a role model for their kids, that their kids look at me as some sort of idol. But it's the parents' job to make sure their kids don't turn out that shallow.

All young people want to kick up their heels and defy convention; most of them would prefer to do it at a not too heavy cost.

Ye have no need to fight, stand ye still and see the salvation of the Lord.

Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means.

Life is fundamentally up for grabs

I think all decision making is very instinctive, in the end.

Love is a sickness full of woes, All remedies refusing; A plant that with most cutting grows, Most barren with best using.

Trust the divine power, and she will free the godlike elements in you and shape all into an expression of divine nature.