A lot of the shadow self is the home of poetry, story, prayer. My deepest understandings are often released from the part of me of which I am least aware most of the time.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

To feel the joy of life, welcome everyone with a smile.

If we are ever in doubt what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.

We learn that there are in creation, Beings - perhaps very numerous - both good and evil.

We do not read to pass the time, but to inhabit time.

Out of some persistent sense of large-scale ruin, we kept inventing hope.

My big places to shop are Wal-Mart and Target - seriously. That is where half of my stuff comes from now.

If you put on more garments, the cold cannot reach you. Similarly, increase your patience and concentration and even great injuries cannot vex your mind.

You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair." — Anne Shirley

The top players talk more now, and we have more meetings. We're just trying to get things better. But we still need somebody who could make a difference.

How can we know the dancer from the dance?