"Seasons is a wise metaphor for the movement of life, I think. It suggests that life is neither a battlefield nor a game of chance but something infinitely richer, more promising, more real. The notion that our lives are like the eternal cycle of the...

"Truth is whatever satisfies the soul."Walt Whitman "Truth" is chapter 4 in Robert Lawrence Smith's A Quaker Book of Wisdom. Smith explains that truth is a fundamental tenant of Quaker Life. Truth, and how to define it and find it in our world, is...

Have the patience to be silent and listen for truth. Then have the courage to let the best that is in you direct your actions. Recognize that your true identity is nothing more or less than the way your conduct your public and private affairs - the w...

Over the last few days, I have been able to see my life as from a great altitude, as a sort of landscape, and with a deepening connection of all its parts. This does not mean I am finished with life. On the contrary, I feel intensely alive, and I wan...