The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.

The greatest force of personal liberation is the decision to widen our circle of compassion, moving from focus on self to focus on service.

To the ego mind, surrender means giving up. To the spiritual mind, surrender means giving in and receiving.

The soul is the truth of who we are.

I think every writer lives for the thought that there will be a moment when somebody reads something on the page and says, "Yes!"

I think those of us on a spiritual journey can help create a new conversation, a new America, and a new world.

It takes mystical insight to see the beauty and innocence in each other, even when that is not what we are showing to the world. That is why God is needed in intimate relationships, to move us beyond the perceptions that can so often poison love.