30 Quotes by Jean Shinoda Bolen

At your most daring moments you believe that what is going on is the ultimate human work the shaping of a soul. The power of life comes from within; go there; pray; meditate. Reach for those luminous places in yourself.

To know how to choose a path with heart is to learn how to follow intuitive feeling.

We need to meditate on what is peaceful. Once we have ‘filled up’ in this way, we once again have an abundance of love to send out into the world.

The price we pay is the path not taken, that which we give up.

I feel that one must deliberate then act, must scan every life choice with rational thinking but then base the decision on whether one’s heart will be in it.

Bliss and joy come in moments of living our highest truth – moments when what we do is consistent with our archetypal depths. It’s when we are most authentic and trusting, and feel that whatever we are doing, which can be quite ordinary, is nonetheless sacred.

To voice something you’re feeling and put observations into words with another person who is totally present is a creative act embodying soul and love.

You may find a myth that will evoke the reality in you.

When we have rigid theories about what makes people the way they are and we project our theories onto patients and clients, insisting that our reality is their reality, we do the same thing their parents did. This is the wounding shadow of authority that says, ‘I know what your story is and I know its meaning,’ and it robs the person of the opportunity to discover this. This is a risk for anyone in a leadership role.