The reason I spend thousands of lifetime hours creating something 99 percent of which no one else is likely to ever read is that writing itself is the gift.

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.

As long as a person doesn't admit he is defeated he is not defeated-he's just a little behind and isn't through fighting.

There are GMO skeptics more in Europe maybe than in other places, but not exclusively.

It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge.

In meditation you can erase the conditioning. But still, you have to fight the description of the world that everyone else is carrying around.

Your emotional life is not written in cement during childhood. You write each chapter as you go along.

People like Donald Trump, who paid zero in taxes, zero for our vets, zero for our military, zero for health and education, that is wrong.

The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.

So, destroy?" Cal asked. Clearly, the conversation was giving his two brain cells a serious workout.

If you let yourself be truly seen, then you can be truly loved.

What our Lord said about cross-bearing and obedience is not in fine type. It is in bold print on the face of the contract.