"Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose."
"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."
"As we become purer channels for God's light, we develop an appetite for the sweetness that is possible in this world. A miracle worker is not geared toward fighting the world that is, but toward creating the world that could be."
"God exists in eternity. The only point where eternity meets time is in the present. The present is the only time there is."
"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."
"In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it."
"Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here."
"The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world."
"God is definitely out of the closet."
"When an idea reaches critical mass there is no stopping the shift its presence will induce."
"If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed."
"Joy, has no cost."
"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."
"You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us."
"The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive."
"I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness."
"Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve."
"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are."
"If you give your life as a wholehearted response to love, then love will wholeheartedly respond to you."
"We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm."
"We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right."
"Dear God, Please send to me the spirit of Your peace. Then send, dear Lord, the spirit of peace from me to all the world. Amen."
"The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self."
"The spiritual path - is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don't know it."
"Our past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand, and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it."
