In every feeling, look deeply. Explore without ceasing. At bottom, love is.

Mysterious as it may be, there is something wonderful at the heart of our existence, and it is about nothing other than love; love for God, love for one another, love for creation, love for life itself.

To experience a little hunger now and then can be a beautiful reminder of the deeper hunger of our souls.

Addiction is not something we can simply take care of by applying the proper remedy. For it is in the very nature of addiction to feed on our attempts to master it.

Zen is not about eliminating thoughts but illuminating them.

I would prefer a thousand mistakes in extravagance of love to any paralysis in wariness of fear.

True growth is a process which one allows to happen rather than causes to happen.

To be alive is to be addicted, and to be alive and addicted is to stand in need of grace.

Willfulness must give way to willingness and surrender. Mastery must yield to mystery.

The difference between work and play is only a matter of attitude. Work, fully done, is play.