Occupation: Author Birth: 1939
How easily we get trapped in that which is not essential - in looking good, winning at competition, gathering power and wealth - when simply being al….
We listen for guidance everywhere except from within..
Spirituality is not primarily about values and ethics, not about exhortations to do right or live well. The spiritual traditions are primarily about ….
You don't become a good teacher by applying techniques; you don't become a good teacher by using the latest hot methodologies that are being promoted….
We can teach a good, formal lesson on forgiveness as a Christian virtue and all the doctrines that are attached to it. But to be in a real-life situa….
What do I want to let go of and what do I want to give myself to?.
I have to say that I have been blessed with significant teachers at every stage of my life..
Violence is what happens when we don't know what else to do with our suffering..
The academic bias against subjectivity not only forces our students to write poorly ("It is believed...," instead of, "I believe..."), it deforms the….
At its deepest level, I think teaching is about bringing people into communion with each other, with yourself as the teacher, and with the subject yo….
Science requires an engagement with the world, a live encounter between the knower and the known..
My favorite topping is one that a lot of people don't like. I love anchovies..
Whoever our students may be, whatever the subject we teach, ultimately we teach who we are..
Fear is so fundamental to the human condition that all the great spiritual traditions originate in an effort to overcome its effects on our lives. Wi….
I am not sure that any sight or sound on earth is as exquisite as the hushed descent of a sky full of snow..
Good teaching comes from good people..
I don't do a lot of top-down teaching..
You are much more likely to have a holy experience in a quiet, focused, and communal context than you are when you are being entertained..
No scientist knows the world merely by holding it at arm's length: if we ever managed to build the objectivist wall between the knower and the known,….
Teaching like any truly human activity emerges from one's inwardness..
Storytelling has always been at the heart of being human because it serves some of our most basic needs: passing along our traditions, confessing fai….