1. “Birth is violent, whether it be the birth of a child or the birth of an idea.”
2. "I fell in love with the thought that a human life could be a priestly conduit, a connecting link between earth and sky. As I grew and stumbled and, most important, as I began to love and be loved, I realized that the ultimate priest is the lover inside us"
3. “If you give your life as a wholehearted response to love, then love will wholeheartedly respond to you.”
4. “In every communityThere is work to be doneIn every nationThere are wounds to healIn every heartThere is the power to do it.”
5. ”Joy, has no cost.”
6. “Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.”
7. "Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us."
8. “Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.”
9. "Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle."
10. “Our biggest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our biggest fear is that we are powerful beyone measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.”
11. “Some men know that a light touch of the tongue, running from a woman's toes to her ears, lingering in the softest way possible in various places in between, given often enough and sincerely enough, would add immeasurably to world peace.”
12. “There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.”
13. “We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.”
