“The easiest way to do anything is properly.”

“Death is to be feared because of the pain and loss it inflicts through love, and for no other reason.”

“We must come together in ways that respect the solitude of the soul that avoid the unconscious violence we do when we try to save each other that evoke our capacity to hold another life without dishonoring its mystery never trying to coerce the other into meeting our own needs.”

“As I teach, I project the condition of my soul onto my students, my subject, and our way of being together.”

“Violence is what happens when we don't know what else to do with our suffering.”

“Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you. Before you tell your life what truths and values you have decided to live up to, let your life tell you what truths you embody, what values you represent.”

“Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.”