God creates each soul differently, so that when all the mud is finally cleared away, His light will shine through it in a beautiful, colorful, totally new pattern.

If your goal is to avoid pain and escape suffering, I would not advise you to seek higher levels of consciousness or spiritual evolution.

Ultimately love is everything.

If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

Emotional sickness is avoiding reality at any cost. Emotional health is facing reality at any cost.

I have learned nothing in twenty years that would suggest that evil people can be rapidly influenced by any means other than raw power. They do not respond, at least in the short run, to either gentle kindness or any form of spiritual persuasion with which I am familiar.

By far the most important form of attention we can give our loved ones is listening... True listening is love in action.