The Founders didn't mention political parties when they wrote the Constitution, and George Washington in essence warned us against them in his Farewell Address.

We arrogantly assume that the nervous system doesn't really need to be coaxed into romance. That romance comes from some other place.

We tend to have tremendous faith in the power of our disasters and far too little faith in the power of miracles.

Romance is one of the sacred temples that dot the landscape of life.

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

The world is terrified of joyful women. Make a stand. Be one anyway.

People who have life-challenging experiences who choose to remain invested in a consistent catastrophic interpretation are not the ones I meet. I have met many more people who have recognized how vital it is to their healing and to the quality of their life to interpret their experiences differently. That is why some of the people I've met who have life-challenging illnesses are much happier than some people I've known who are physically quite healthy and yet who live lives of greater desperation and depression.