An argument is always about what has been made more important than the relationship.

Sometimes I doubt and sometimes I believe. And I like not making myself believe when I am doubting, and not making myself doubt when I am believing. Surely neither God nor Accident need my consistency.

I talk because I feel, and I talk to you because I want you to know how I feel.

Books seek us out. They slip themselves into our hands just at the time we are ready for a new self-concept.

The first step of letting go: To remove what obstructs your experience of wholeness and peace, you must first look at the obstruction.

perfectionism is a slow death. if everything were to turn out just like i would want it to, just like i would plan for it to, then i would never experience anything new; my life would be an endless repetition of stale successes. when i make a mistake i experience something unexpected.... when i have listened to my mistakes i have grown.

Boredom or discontent is useful to me when I acknowledge it and see clearly my assumption that there's something else I would rather be doing. In this way boredom can act as an invitation to freedom by opening me to new options and thoughts. For example, if I can't change the activity, can I look at it more honestly?