In pursuing personal growth, there are issues where we can advance just so far by ourselves. At some point, our continued progress and improvement can only come about through relationships with others. Romantic love is an intense and intimate exposure to another person; if we can be who we want to be, even in that context, then our spiritual growth is exponentially expanded.

The Light in you is the unalterable truth of who you are. You can deny it and obscure it, but you cannot uncreate it.

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

Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.

When we stay close to the wisdom of our knowing, seeking solutions to our problems in the sanctuary of the heart and not in the vanity of the mind, then we can pretty much trust in the unfolding, mysterious wisdom of life.

The fact that the commercial success of my books has allowed me to buy a house for myself and my daughter I think is a lovely thing. I don't think there is anything wrong with that.

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