We are born for meaning, not pleasure, unless it is pleasure that is steeped in meaning.

When thought races ahead of Being, a civilization is racing towards destruction.

If the group is an art form of the future, then convening groups is an artistry we must cultivate to fully harvest the promise of the future.

Why has time disappeared in our culture? How is it that after decades of inventions and new technologies devoted to saving time and labor, the result is that there is no time left? We are a time-poor society; we are temporally impoverished. And there is no issue, no aspect of human life, that exceeds this in importance. The destruction of time is literally the destruction of life.

We are born for meaning, not pleasure, unless it is pleasure that is steeped in meaning.

What is most necessary for people and what is given us in great abundance, are experiences, especially experiences of the forces within us. This is our most essential food, our most essential wealth. If we consciously receive all this abundance, the universe will pour into us what is called life in Judaism, spirit in Christianity, light in Islam, power in Taoism.

God acts in history: that is, God provides ideas, methods, and experiences intended to bring comprehension to man, an understanding heart, a conscious life.