What is the gospel according to Jesus? Simply this: that the love we all long for in our innermost heart is already present, beyond longing.
Stephen MitchellIt is better to do your own duty badly than to perfectly do an others; when you do your duty, you are naturally free from sin.
Stephen MitchellWhat we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.
Stephen MitchellChildren understand that 'once upon a time' refers not only--not even primarily--to the past, but to the impalpable regions of the present, the deeper places inside us where princes and dragons, wizards and talking birds, impassable roads, impossible tasks, and happy endings have always existed, alive and bursting with psychic power.
Stephen Mitchell