Occupation: Author Birth: 1939
Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others; rather, it means never living apart from one's self. It is not about the absence of othe….
For me, teaching is about weaving a web of connectedness between myself, my students, the subject I'm teaching, and the larger world..
Like a wild animal, the soul is tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, and self-sufficient: it knows how to survive in hard places. I learned about th….
Hospitality is always an act that benefits the host even more than the guest. The concept of hospitality arose in ancient times when the reciprocity….
The people who help us grow toward true self offer unconditional love, neither judging us to be deficient nor trying to force us to change but accept….
If we want to grow as teachers -- we must do something alien to academic culture: we must talk to each other about our inner lives -- risky stuff in ….
The ancient human question 'Who am I?' leads inevitably to the equally important question 'Whose am I?' - for there is no self outside of relationshi….
Good teaching cannot be reduced to technique; good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher..
Mentoring is a mutuality that requires more than meeting the right teacher: the teacher must meet the right student..
In a culture of technique, we often confuse authority with power, but the two are not the same. Power works from the outside in, but authority works ….
Although there are some enormously gifted lecturers and preachers who do create community with oratory, I like to do anything I can to engage my stud….
The highest form of love is the love that allows for intimacy without the annihilation of difference..
Truth-telling by a leader can legitimate truth-telling at every level..
Everybody is on a lifelong journey toward trying to live more deeply. There is nobody who can say, "Well, I've got that one checked off my to-do list….
... circles of trust ... are a rare form of community - one that supports rather than supplants the individual quest for integrity - that is rooted i….
The inner life of any great thing will be incomprehensible to me until I develop and deepen an inner life of my own..
Afraid that our inner light will be extinguished or our inner darkness exposed, we hide our true identities from each other. In the process, we becom….
When there is a gap between what's on the outside and what's on the inside, that's when people retreat into their foxholes because it is an unsafe si….
We need a coat with two pockets. In one pocket there is dust, and in the other pocket there is gold. We need a coat with two pockets to remind us who….
The past isn't fixed and frozen in place. Instead, its meaning changes as life unfolds..
When someone says 'I'm so disillusioned', I say 'Congratulations! You've lost another illusion.'.