Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us, not the sort of silence that is filled with unspoken criticism or hard withdrawal. The sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of acceptance of someone as they are. We are all hungry for this other silence. It is hard to find. In its presence we can remember something beyond the moment, a strength on which to build a life. Silence is a place of great power and healing.

The choice people have to make is never between slavery and freedom. We will always have to choose between slavery and the unknown.

Fear is the friction in all transitions.

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

Cancer changes your whole life.

Life is known only by those who have found a way to be comfortable with change and the unknown. Given the nature of life, there may be no security, but only adventure.

When you listen generously to people they can hear the truth in themselves, often for the first time.