One of the hardest things we must do sometimes is to be present to another person's pain without trying to "fix" it, to simply stand respectfully at the edge of that person's mystery and misery.

Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you.

A leader is a person who must take special responsibility for what's going on inside of himself or herself ... lest the act of leadership create more harm than good.

I like to say that before we can create an external space in which to receive people, we have to create an internal space in which to receive them.

Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.

Teaching like any truly human activity emerges from one's inwardness.

By surviving passages of doubt and depression on the vocational journey, I have become clear about at least one thing: self-care is never a selfish act -- it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give it the care it requires, we do so not only for ourselves but for the many others whose lives we touch.