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

There are not sacred and profane things, places, and moments. There are only sacred and desecrated things, places, and moments-and it is we alone who desecrate them by our blindness and lack of reverence. It is one sacred universe, and we are all a part of it.

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

Pain that is not transformed is transmitted.

Mature prayer always breaks into gratitude.

God, give me a good humiliation every day. It's good for the soul and it's good for the ego.

Prayer is sitting in the silence until it silences us, choosing gratitude until we are grateful, and praising God until we ourselves are an act of praise.