As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.

In opening we can see how many times we have mistaken small identities and fearful beliefs for our true nature and how limiting this is. We can touch with great compassion the pain from the contracted identities that we and others have created in the world.

Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart.

In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.

Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them.

The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.

It is the basic principle of spiritual life that we learn the deepest things in unknown territory. Often it is when we feel most confused inwardly and are in the midst of our greatest difficulties that something new will open. We awaken most easily to the mystery of life through our weakest side. The areas of our greatest strength, where we are the most competent and clearest, tend to keep us away from the mystery.