The purpose of life is not to maintain personal comfort; it's to grow the soul.

Contact with the sacred occurs in the stillness of the heart and mind. If there is any real destination to the spiritual quest, it is this point of silence, the middle of the spiral, the center of the self. ... The only map that does the spiritual traveler any good is one that leads to the center.

Every person is born into life as a blank page and every person leaves life as a full book.

Ritual consists of the external practices of spirituality that help us become more receptive and aware of the closeness of our lives to the sacred. Ritual is the act of sanctifying action - even ordinary action - so that it has meaning. I can light a candle because I need the light or because the candle represents the light I need.

Writing makes a map, and there is something about a journey that begs to have its passage marked.

Our desires teach us who we are and who we want to become. Our desires shape our stories.

To work in the world lovingly means that we are defining what we will be for, rather than reacting to what we are against.