The prophets preach . . . that pleasure, not will-power and coercion, is how you most deeply transform people.

When our inner self connects to our work and our work to our inner self, the work knows no limit, for the inner self knows no limit.

Im not really a tropical paradise kind of person.

Facing the darkness, admitting the pain, allowing the pain to be pain, is never easy. This is why courage - big-heartedness - is the most essential virtue on the spiritual journey. But if we fail to let pain be pain - and our entire patriarchal culture refuses to let this happen - then pain will haunt us in nightmarish ways. We will become pain's victims instead of the healers we might become.

I think you've got to take your time and make sure you're making choices that are smart for you.

I'm really enjoying the process of learning to fly. How it will fit into my life down the road - I'm looking forward to discovering that.

Soul is our appetite, driving us to eat from the banquet of life. People filled with the hunger of soul take food from every dish before them, whether it be sweet or bitter.