America's greatest sin is the refusal to delay gratification.

We cannot be a source for strength unless we nurture our own strength.

Do what you feel called to do, but also be prepared to accept that you don't necessarily know what you're going to learn. Be willing to be surprised by forces beyond your control, and realize that a major learning on the journey is the art of surrender.

If you wish to discern either the presence or absence of integrity, you need to ask only one question. What is missing? Has anything been left out?

What people get admired and appreciated for in community are their soft skills: their sense of humor and timing, their ability to listen, their courage and honesty, their capacity for empathy.

Consciousness and Healing To proceed very far through the desert, you must be willing to meet existential suffering and work it through. In order to do this, the attitude toward pain has to change. This happens when we accept the fact that everything that happens to us has been designed for our spiritual growth.

Self examination is the key to insight, which is the key to wisdom