“To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens." F. Scott Fitzgerald

“For the road to Santiago, don’t make new declarations  about what to bring and what to leave behind.  Bring what you have. You were always going that way anyway, you were always going there all along.” - DAVID WHYTE FOR THE ROAD TO SANTIAGO

“I believe illnesses have spirits.  You learn the spirit as you spend time working with it.” Dr Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Coyote Medicine

“You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it is better to listen to what it has to say.” Paulo Coehlo, The Alchemist

“Yesterday I was clever, So I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, So I am changing myself.” Rumi

“Every path that has any sincerity to it, will break your heart.” David Whyte

“In your symptoms are your soul’s greatest desires.” James Hillman

“One moment of unconditional love may call into question a lifetime of feeling unworthy, and invalidate it.” Rachael Naomi Remen

“Sadly, the most painful layer of suffering that surrounds trauma is shame. We blame ourselves for the ways our body and nervous system found to survive. The process of recovery is to awaken self-compassion, and reconnect with our natural aliveness and that lost, sacred sense of spirit.” Tara Brach, Healing the Shame of Trauma, [...]

“Spiritual life is not about possessing or finding security, but rather it's discovering what Alan Watts called the Wisdom of Insecurity – the capacity to live from freedom and compassion of heart no matter the circumstances.” Jack Kornfield