It is very hard to stay in touch with our true identity because those who want our money, our time, and our energy profit more from our insecurity and fears than from our inner freedom.

Who can take away suffering without entering it?

The real 'work' of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me.

Resentment and gratitude cannot coexist, since resentment blocks the perception and experience of life as a gift. My resentment tells me that I don't receive what I deserve. It always manifests itself in envy.

I am learning that the best cure for hypocrisy is community. Hypocrisy is not so much the result of not living what I preach but much more of not confessing my inability to fully live up to my own words.

If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend.

Every time I take a step in the direction of generosity, I know I am moving from fear to love.