We are not committed to this or that. We are committed to the nothing in-between, whether we know it or not.
What if the world is holding its breath - waiting for you to take the place that only you can fill?
To forge an untouchable, invulnerable identity is actually a sign of retreat from this world; of weakness, a sign of fear rather than strength, and betrays a strange misunderstandin g of an abiding, foundational and necessary reality: that untouched, we disappear.
I want to know if you are prepared to live in the world with its harsh need to change you. If you can look back with firm eyes saying this is where I stand.
Inside everyone is a great shout of joy waiting to be born.
What is precious inside us does not care to be known by the mind in ways that diminish its presence.
We are the only species on earth capable of preventing our own flowering.
One thing I've learned is be comfortable in your skin, and more importantly, be comfortable in your shoes.
We should have understood long ago that there is, in this world, religion without God, religion as a center of all idols that possess fallen man, religion that is the justification for these idols.
A Romantic ideology that predates rock glorifies the self-destructive artist as someone who's too honest and delicate for this world. . . It's not an easy job, and its stresses can take their toll.
Ownership is a sine qua non of sustainable development.