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.

Whether we love, or close our hearts to love, is a mental choice we make, every moment of every day.

After decades of declining influence on the affairs of the world, there is once again a widespread consideration of spritual principles as an antidote to the pain of our times.

What is happening in politics today is a similar process to what happened in the medical world a few decades ago: realizing that there's more to healing than just addressing symptoms. Primary paradigm when it comes to dealing with political and social disease is allopathic: Pass a law, lock someone up, engage in warfare. And the state of the world today makes it clear that such allopathic measures have not exactly brought peace to all.

Painful experiences are not meant to linger. They are meant to teach us what they need to teach us, and then dissolve.

To look to God is to look to the realm of consciousness that can deliver us from the pain of living.

People sometimes see an image and without knowing the surrounding patterns draw false conclusions.