An unanswered question is a fine traveling companion. It sharpens your eye for the road.

From a good teacher you may learn the secret of listening. You will never learn the secret of life. You will have to listen for yourself

In the silence of listening, you can know yourself in everyone, the unseen singing softly to itself and to you.

The spiritual is inclusive. It is the deepest sense of belonging and participation.We all participate in the spiritual at all times, whether we know it or not.

Grieving allows us to heal, to remember with love rather than pain. It is a sorting process. One by one you let go of the things that are gone and you mourn for them. One by one you take hold of the things that have become a part of who you are and build again.

What we do to survive is often different from what we may need to do in order to live.

Befriending life is less a matter of knowledge than a question of wisdom. It is not about mastering life, controlling it or exerting our will over it, no matter how well intentioned our will may be. Befriending life is more about harmlessness than it is about control.