Rage and bitterness do not foster femininity. They harden the heart and make the body sick.

It is amazing that our souls - our eternal essences, with all their hopes and dreams and visions of an eternal world - are contained within these temporal bodies. No wonder suffering is part of the human condition.

It takes great courage to break with one's past history and stand alone.

Storytelling is at the heart of life... In finding our own story, we assemble all the parts of ourselves. Whatever kind of mess we have made of it, we can somehow see the totality of who we are and recognize how our blunderings are related. We can own what we did and value who we are, not because of the outcome but because of the soul story that propelled us.

Storytelling is at the heart of life. As a child, I was never bored because I could always get on with my story.

At the very point of vulnerability is where the surrender takes place-that is where the god enters. The god comes through the wound.

Consciousness will not always solve the problem, but it may make the suffering meaningful.