The movement toward gratitude, authenticity, and union is the natural and organic inner work of the second half of our lives.

Pain and suffering that are not transformed are usually projected onto others.

The message of "falling" - failure, death, crucifixion, whatever you want to say - is not really that. Some sort of falling is really found in all the world's religions, just in different languages.

Transformed people transform people.

Having a school really is the fulfillment of a longtime dream of mine.

Most Christian 'believers' tend to echo the cultural prejudices and worldviews of the dominant group in their country, with only a minority revealing any real transformation of attitudes or consciousness. It has been true of slavery and racism, classism and consumerism and issues of immigration and health care for the poor.

Much of the work of midlife is to tell the difference between those who are dealing with their issues through you and those who are really dealing with you.