You are born with a character; it is given, a gift, as the old stories say, from the guardians upon your birth...Each person enters the world called.

It's very important for men to look downward, to the next generation

Yes, there's genetics. Yes, there are chromosomes. Yes, there's biology. Yes, there are environment, sociology, parenting, economics, class, and all of that. But there is something else, as well.

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.

It's the only way we can get out of being so human-centered: to remain attached to something other than humans.

Loss means losing what was. We want to change but we don't want to lose. Without time for loss, we don't have time for soul.

Open your heart, your gaze, to the visitations of angels, even if the gifts they bring may not be centeredness and balance but eccentricity and a wholly unfamiliar sense of pleasure called joy.