You come to love not by discovering the ideal individual, yet by figuring out how to see a blemished individual flawlessly.

In the beginning, we create the enemy. Before the weapon comes the image. We think others to death and then invent the battle-axe or ballistic missiles with which to actually kill them. Propaganda precedes technology.

I think it's increasingly hard to have deep self-knowledge without entering the darkness in some way.

Soul grows in communion. Word by word, story by story, for better or worse, we build our world. From true conversation - speaking and listening - communication deepens into compassion and creates community.

The more you become a connoisseur of gratitude, the less you are a victim of resentment, depression, and despair.

The best practice is to follow the advice posted on every railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen.

Call it "womb awe" or even "womb worship" but it's not simple envy. I don't remember even wanting to be a woman. But each of the three times I have been present at the birth of one of my children, I have been overwhelmed by a sense of reverence... It was quite suddenly, the first day of creation; the Goddess giving birth to a world... Like men since the beginning of time I wondered: What can I ever create that will equal the magnificence of this new life?