Truly enlightened people never seek to be like others, but rather strive to be superior to their own selves.

The world has loosened, like a woman preparing for bed who lets her hair flow free. And I am whispering the words, knowing that words matter, and smiling as I say them to the shadows of the gods of...

Sociologists have a theory of the looking - glass self. You become what the most important person in your life {wife, father, boss, etc.} thinks you are. How would my life change if I truly believed...

'R'hllor, come to us in our darkness,' she called. 'Lord of Light, we offer you these false gods, these seven who are one, and him the enemy. Take them and cast your light upon us, for the night is...

The heart's transformation is not attained through the mind - it's attained through surrender, authenticity, forgiveness, faith, honesty, acceptance, vulnerability, humility, willingness, nonjudgment,...

Human beings may separate things into as many piles as we wish - separating spirit from flesh, sacred from secular, church from world. But we should not be surprised when God does not recognize the...

We should want Him more than anything. If we seek Him first, then all other things will be added to our lives.

The Biology of Hope and the Healing Power of the Human Spirit

... only one deaf God, who cannot see, remains - claiming all of creation as His own. If people would invest one hundredth of their devotion to this God in the living brothers and sisters amongst whom...

My uncle is the natives' usual name for the tiger, they believing that the soul of each of their ancestors is lodged for eternity in the body of some member of the cat tribe.

A true leader not only demands submission; he is an example of submission by submitting to the Lord and to those in authority over him. Everything

Pursuit of material gain is ultimately empty when measured against eternity;

We were seekers. You are that which is sought, Joshua. You are the source. The end is divinity, in the beginning is the word. You are the word.

Blessed are the meek, for to them we shall say "Beautiful boys."

It was foul, and I loved it. I loved to perish. I loved my own - not that for which I erred, but the itself. Base, falling from Your firmament to utter destruction - not seeking anything through the...

In the lowest Hell you find ignorance. In the lowest Heaven you find shrewdness.

Light gave birth to the existence. Existence gave birth to reality. Reality gave birth to eternity. Eternity gave birth to time. Time gave birth to life. The past gave birth to the future. The future...

Stay humble; don't interfere; respect your creative genius

Allow yourself to become aware of the nonphysical reality that you are a part of. Reach out to the angels or occupants of this higher invisible plane. Know that you can access guidance from those...

In contrast, nonattachment allows full participation in life without trying to control outcomes.

Once the troublesome mind begins to compose speeches and dream up arguments, especially if these are clever, it will soon imagine it is doing important work. But if you can surpass those thoughts,...

What I said to God through my gasping sobs was something like this: 'Hello, God. How are you? I'm Liz. It's nice to meet you.' That's right - I was speaking to the creator of the universe as though...

I couldn't care less about evidence and proof and assurances. I just want God. I want God inside me. I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on water.

Our prayer is that as you read, you'll be struck not by the contents of this book, but by the book it's helping you open up; and that you'll praise not the author of this book, but the One he is...

Feeling is the language of the soul.

Your story does not live in your soul, only in your mind.

One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it. Everything else was seeking -- a detour, an error.

What we need to learn is always there before us, we just have to look around us with respect and attention in order to discover where God is leading us and which step we should take next.

The same as most prayers, the bulk of what you hear is complaints and demands. Help me. Hear me. Lead me. Forgive me.

The individual soul touches upon the world soul like a well reaches for the water table. That which sustains the universe beyond thought and language, and that which is at the core of us and struggles...