Without reverence we [people] will gradually descend into ecocide. In the degree that the imperatives of the market - the temple of the Mall - govern our lives, we are in escalating danger of destroying the commonwealth of all sentient beings - bugs and bees and buntings - on which we depend for a luxurious life on planet earth.

We now realize that we're not living in a piecemeal world, but a world where everything is linked together.

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

I fall into all kinds of inauthenticity when I conspire to forget my mortality.

The first part of the spiritual journey should properly be called psychological rather than spiritual because it involves peeling away the myths and illusions that have misinformed us.

Our society has been eaten up by the economic view of things, which routinely forces us to work at jobs that don't mean anything.

Our minds, bodies, feelings, relationships are all informed by our questions. What you ask is who you are. What you find depends on what you search for. And what shapes our lives are the questions we ask, refuse to ask, or never think of asking.