We are the only species on earth capable of preventing our own flowering.

Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity.

The moment you’ve uttered the exact dimensionality of your exile, you’re already turning towards home.

Gratitude arises from paying attention, from being awake in the presence of everything that lives within and without us.

The marvelous thing about a good question is that it shapes our identity as much by the asking as it does by the answering.

Being young and trying to catch a glimpse of the depths, of the true self, of the soul, or whatever human beings have called it over the centuries, we often find ourselves surrounded by bossy, hectoring voices trying to short-circuit our personal experience by super-imposing their own disappointments. Much of this bossiness masquerades as an education.

A real conversation always contains an invitation. You are inviting another person to reveal herself or himself to you, to tell you who they are or what they want.