Once we reach a certain age, we tend to recalibrate our expectations. We expect less from the world once we've seen it up close.

Midlife is not the time to disenchant ourselves. It's a time to turn on all our magic in full force.

I know. And that's what took me so long

Everyone archetypally is a parent to future generations.

If you went to live in the Himalayas and everyone was lovely there, I'm sure it would be fairly easy to be a spiritual master.

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

I sometimes say to people who have life-challenging illnesses: "Right now you are tempted to think that if you were physically well you would be happy. But if that were true, everybody who is physically well would be happy."