Every day can be like Christmas in its love and its peace if our hearts open up and make room for love. The holy child is waiting to be born in every instant, not just once a year.

We must seek to be intellectually inclusive, just as we seek to be culturally inclusive. Ideas come and go - that's what makes a free society so vital.

The thinking of the world leads us to think shallowly and act too quickly.

You are emerging from the cocoon of your former self. There are no limits to the extent of the transformation that's possible for you.

Love and fear represent two different lenses through which to view the world. Which I choose to use will determine what I think I see.

Enlightenment doesn't mean we were never wounded; it means we've found a way to evolve beyond our wounds. Enlightenment isn't idealistic; it's practical. What's idealistic is thinking we can live from our wounds, stay in our weakness, and ever transform the world.

I see the universe as naturally and infinitely self-correcting.