[T]he Enneagram is, at its most abstract, a universal mandala of the self—a symbol of each of us.

If we observe ourselves truthfully and non-judgmentally, seeing the mechanisms of our personality in action, we can wake up, and our lives can be a miraculous unfolding of beauty and joy.

The purpose of a purpose is to fulfill a purpose

There is no excess of goodness. You cannot go too far in the right direction.

Pray as if everything depended on God and work as if everything depended upon man.

She cleans a toilet inside and out under a minute. More like terrifying

No one can claim to be called Christian who gives money for the building of warships and arsenals.

I was anorexic. I was in hell. Now I eat what I want, and I'm still a model. So you see, it works.

I can't make you love me, but you can't keep me from loving you.

A psychological explanation of our feelings is not a moral explanation of our conduct.

It was early detection that saved my voice - and I imagine, my life.

Crows appear in many of my new unpublished poems. In these walks, they take on a symbolic life apart from their irritating, undeniable, interruptive presence. I figure them differently.