Writing makes a map, and there is something about a journey that begs to have its passage marked.

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.

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

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.

A foolish mind would not raise an eyebrow when things are done diff erently in a foreign culture. An educated mind would try to understand the meaning of it all.

Depression is not an absence of happiness, it’s a feeling that happiness may never return.

Failure is never a bus-stop for students, it is just a check point for all successful student

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

Art is Art. Everything else is everything else.

I can never find the right bras.

What makes small business develop into big business is not spending, but saving and capital accumulation.

The four pillars of wisdom that support journalistic endeavors are: lies, stupidity, money-grubbing, and ethical irresponsibility.

Is there a God? There is, but we don't know where. Or who. And, indeed, why.

Love is what I give to the one I love.