I just want to get a Ph.D. in love.

That experience showed me that I-from moment to moment-am the only person in control of my connection to God. It's not that God is deciding to connect with me, depending on whether I had a good day, or did good or bad deeds. It's all up to me. God, the awareness of God, the love of God, the blessings of God-that lively ecstasy-is always there. It's me who separates from God by judging, by indulging in negativity, by criticizing myself, as well as others.

Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.

Silence and solitude are confrontational. They plunge us instantly into the truth.

in all codependent relationships, the rescuer needs the victim as much as the victim needs the rescuer.

Don't be proud of what you know, and don't be self-confident if you are learned. Be open to advice from the unlearned as well as from the learned. Art knows no limit, and the artists will never achieve perfection.

The greatest gift you and your partner can give your children is the example of an intimate, healthy, and loving relationship.