I don't ever want to humiliate a human being, and I don't want the fear of being humiliated to participate in my thoughts.

By far the strongest poison to the human spirit is the inability to forgive oneself or another person. Forgiveness is no longer an option but a necessity for healing.

How can you live without knowing what your spirit is doing and what your spirit is saying to you?

I don't think most people know how to meditate - they fall asleep and they call it meditation. I prefer a kind of sweet, deep, rich prayer in which a person goes in and says, Take me down deep into the reason you gave me life. Take me down deep. It silences the chaos in me. Take me away from my sense. I need to go away now, because I'm in chaos - take me down deep. Hover over me, because I need grace. I say that a lot, many times a day. So that's my practice.

Take me away from my sense. I need to go away now, because I'm in chaos - take me down deep. Hover over me, because I need grace. I say that a lot, many times a day.

To heal illness, begin by restoring balance.

We're actually making not one but 30 choices at a time: Our mind is making a choice. Our heart's making choices.