To be truly seen and understood - in all our innocence and glory and yes, our brokenness, too - is to be delivered into the spiritual ethers where both seen and seer are healed.

A person acting from a motivation of contribution and service rises to such a level of moral authority that worldly success is a natural result.

We are likely to feel better when we go to bed tonight if we have an internal sense that we spent our lives meaningfully today.

From a mind filled with infinite love comes the power to create infinite possibilities. We have the power to think in ways that reflect and attract all the love in the world. Such thinking is called enlightenment. Enlightenment is not a process we work toward, but a choice available to us in any instant.

Every ending is a new beginning. Through the grace of God, we can always start again. (Page 120.)

The rage building up, generation after generation, among what has become a permanent underclass in many parts of the world cannot continue. We are desperately undereducating our children. In the United States, we are turning prison-building into the single largest urban industry. These are like toxic chemical factors any one of which could cause a raging fire. God help us if they begin to interact.

The greatest force of personal liberation is the decision to widen our circle of compassion, moving from focus on self to focus on service.