It is our task-our essential, central, crucial task-to transform ourselves from mere social creatures into community creatures.

The will to grow is, in essence, the same phenomenon as love. Genuinely loving people are, by definition, growing people.

The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one.

When any institution becomes large and compartmentalized, with departments and subdepartments, then the conscience of the institution will often become so fragmented and diluted as to be virtually nonexistent, and the organization becomes inherently evil.

All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up--that growing is an ever ongoing process.

I can remember years ago sitting on my bed and suddenly thinking, "I am God."

As I grow through love, so grows my joy, ever more present, ever more constant.