Sanctified by their initiatory experiences and furnished with their spirit guardians, the shaman alone among human beings is able to consciously travel into the spiritual worlds as cosmic explorers.

Shamanism is not a religion. It’s a method. And when this method is practiced with humility, reverence and self-discipline, the shaman’s path can become a way of life.

The dust cannot fight against the wind

I don't always buy organic food. It is more expensive.

Live truth instead of professing it.

My mother was a personal friend of God's. They had ongoing conversations.

Trayvon Martin did not need to die.

Becoming a father made me much more interested in the parent character in my novels. I've never found parents that interesting.

In good philosophy, the word cause ought to be reserved to the single Divine impulse that has formed the universe.

I never look at the glass as half empty or half full. I look to see who is pouring the water and deal with them.

I think the way kids create is so inspiring. They're drawing a picture? They love the picture they drew; they're not tortured about it.

The end is important in all things.