“Life is all about practicing for heaven." p 101.”

“Faith does not need to push the river because faith is able to trust that there is a river. The river is flowing. We are in it.”

“Those who are not true leaders or elders will just affirm people at their own immature level, and of course immature people will love them and elect them for being equally immature. You can fill in...”

“The human ego prefers anything, just about anything, to falling, or changing, or dying. The ego is that part of you that loves the status quo even when it's not working. It attaches to past and pr...”

“If we seek spiritual heroism ourselves, the old ego is just back in control under a new name. There would not really be any change at all, but only disguise, just bogus self-improvement on our own ...”

“Change is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future.”

“I've never heard anyone say "I wish I hadn't forgiven.”

“We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness an...”

“When you forgive, you love. And when you love, Gods light shines upon you.”

“Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance”

“My biggest fear, even now, is that I will hear Jesus' words and walk away, content to settle for less than radical obedience to Him.”

“Through the present moment, you have access to the power of life itself, that which has traditionally been called "God." As soon as you turn away from it, God ceases to be a reality in your life, a...”