Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power - every attempt to change the world or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe - is a distraction from the pain of powerlessness.

I don’t have a definition of God, because I’ve never really understood that word. People have different understandings of it and it’s caused a great deal of conflict. If I had to say what would my definition of God be, if I were going to use that word, I would say that this universe has layers upon layers upon layers of compassion and wisdom beyond ours.

Your life is an opportunity to give the gifts that your soul wants to give.

Your impact on the world is significant whether or not you are aware of it, and even whether or not you desire it.

As your temptations become greater, so does your ability to make responsible choices.

There's no such thing as being alone in the universe, and so there's no such thing as creating alone. Everything - every impulse, every creative gift of beauty, everything is a co-creation.

When you die, you don’t go to sleep. You go home to nonphysical reality, and you are very much awake.