Honesty before God requires the most fundamental risk of faith we can take: the risk that God is good, that God does love us unconditionally. It is in taking this risk that we rediscover our dignity. To bring the truth of ourselves, just as we are, to God, just as God is, is the most dignified thing we can do in this life.

Grief is neither a disorder nor a healing process; it is a sign of health itself, a whole and natural gesture of love. Nor must we see grief as a step toward something better. No matter how much it hurts-and it may be the greatest pain in life-grief can be an end in itself, a pure expression of love.

True growth is a process which one allows to happen rather than causes to happen.

Zen is not about eliminating thoughts but illuminating them.

In every feeling, look deeply. Explore without ceasing. At bottom, love is.

I would prefer a thousand mistakes in extravagance of love to any paralysis in wariness of fear.

The difference between work and play is only a matter of attitude. Work, fully done, is play.