But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance.

It is better to do your own duty badly than to perfectly do an others when you do your duty, you are naturally free from sin.

Happily ever after doesn't begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now.

Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health.

What people love about life is its miraculous beauty what they hate about death is the loss and decay around it. Yet losing is not losing, and decay turns into beauty, as beauty turns back into decay. We are breathed in, breathed out. Therefore all you need is to understand the one breath that makes up the world.

True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.

What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.

Love softens everything except our sense of integrity.

Education is no longer thought of as a preparation for adult life, but as a continuing process of growth and development from birth until death.

So actions themselves are not good and not bad only the intention is important.

What is the gospel according to Jesus? Simply this: that the love we all long for in our innermost heart is already present, beyond longing.