The person who says, 'I'm enlightened' probably isn't.

I don't have a fear and urgency feeling inside myself about the state of the world affairs and everything collapsing.

Our whole spiritual transformation brings us to the point where we realize that in our own being, we are enough.

The shadow is the greatest teacher for how to come to the light.

Compassion is the basis of all truthful relationship: it means being present with love-for ourselves and for all life, including animals, fish, birds, and trees. Compassion is bringing our deepest truth into our actions, no matter how much the world seems to resist, because that is ultimately what we have to give this world and one another.

Just because you are seeing divine light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with Gods and Goddesses is no reason to not know your zip code.

Aging has its own beauty. It is a beautiful stage for doing inner work. You have a chance to not be so dependent on social approval. You can be a little more eccentric. You can be more alone. And you can examine loneliness and boredom instead of being afraid of them. There is such an art and a possibility of aging.