Your path is your own, but you must walk side by side with others, with compassion and generosity as your beacons. If anything is required it is this: fearlessness in your examination of life and death; Willingness to continually grow; and openness to the possibility that the ordinary is extraordinary, and that your joys and your sorrows have meaning and mystery

I do not wish upon anyone a descent into hell. But if your life has to be turned inside out in order for you to know yourself--if the shadow of a shaman crosses your path and you turn and follow it down--I pray that you use its force wisely. I hope that you take the ultimate responsibility for your actions and that you consecrate any destruction to the rebuilding of your higher self and a more radiant life.

Fear is a sneaky thief, stealing away precious moments of your life.

First we love within, then we love the world.

There is no one alive who has not wanted to go back to sleep.

Our errors and failings are chinks in the heart's armor through which our true colors can shine.

If we want liberation, we must rewrite the Sleeping Beauty myth. No one is coming and no one else is to blame.