Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.

When I am with a group of human beings committed to hanging in there through both the agony and the joy of community, I have a dim sense that I am participating in a phenomenon for which there is only one word...."glory."

There is no act of love that is not an act of work or courage. No exceptions.

Integrity is never painless.

I believe it would be considerably healthier for us to dare to live without a reason for many things than with reasons that are simplistic.

The giving up of personality traits, well-established patterns of behavior, ideologies, and even whole life styles...these are major forms of giving up that are required if one is to travel very far on the journey of life.

Spiritually evolved people, by virtue of their discipline, mastery and love, are people of extraordinary competence, and in their competence they are called on to serve the world, and in their love they answer the call.