There is a point at which we begin to receive a diminishing return on the accumulation of sacred knowledge unless we use it to at least try to improve the world.

When I was a child, my society lifted me up - though education primarily, as well as through other kinds of cultural stimulation. It wasn't just my parents or my religious community. The entire society lifted me up to the bottom rung of the ladder. Then they said, "Girl, it's up to you whether or not you climb." I don't have a problem with that. I think that is the best way to go about living.

The spiritual path - is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don't know it.

If we do not like what we see in the world, we must face what we don't like in ourselves. As we change, the world will change with us.

Each of us is born with an internal navigational system. The thinking of the world has a way of switching the system off, but we can always turn it on again through prayer, meditation and forgiveness. Doing this puts us back on track in our lives, making us wise, convicted and powerful.

May my heart be your shelter, and my arms be your home.

Any time we read a newspaper or take any look at the world around us, we are aware of the cruelty and violence that dominates our world.