Sometimes, when I talk to someone who has just been diagnosed with cancer or some other illness, I'll remind them: "If you were honest with yourself, you were depressed before this happened. And if this were over you would be happy for a couple of weeks, a couple of months, and then something else would come along."

Until we have seen someone's darkness, we don't really know who they are. Until we have forgiven someone's darkness, we don't really know what love is.

Physical circumstances have very little to do with either our capacity to love or to attract love.

If we only identify with the mortal world, then we identify with a level of scarcity and lack and brokenness, and that will be our experience.

The mystical journey drives us into ourselves, to a sacred flame at our center.

Seek more opportunities to put more love in the world.

Of course, a woman's choice to go out into the world is a very significant thing. But part of real liberation is recognizing that mothering is every bit as important as other kinds of work. I actually believe it's more important than anything we do out in the world.