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.

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.

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

The Amish are islands of sanity in a whirlpool of change.

Leaders decorate the world

Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.

They were like two enemies in love with one another.

Now is the era of intellect, information and the Internet.

Experience means you did a lot of things wrong.

A final word on self-criticism: Do not beat up on yourself. Even if you think you know your flaws, there is no need to advertise them. Most people won't have noticed.

Nobody is bound by any obligation unless it has first been freely accepted.

I have several portraits of Jigoro Kano and a bust too, a very beautiful one.

The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.