Sometimes sadness is appropriate. Not something to run from, not something to numb...just something to feel.

God cannot do for us what he cannot do through us.

The Department of Peace would take a more human approach to healing our society, looking not merely for ways we can destroy an enemy, but for more powerful ways to create new friends. While the State Department engages in international diplomacy, there is no domestic parallel. There is no department seeking to harness the power of a nonviolent heart.

The spiritual journey has to do with learning to think more deeply and take as long a time as we need. That's the path to wisdom.

The path to self-esteem lies in getting over yourself. There is nothing to esteem about our smaller dramas; it's our commitment to something beyond ourselves that is truly estimable to ourself and others.

We do not heal the past by dwelling there. We heal the past by living in the present.

People involved in the inner journey discover the value of the feminine, the spiritually receptive and inclusive aspect of human consciousness.