Facing the darkness, admitting the pain, allowing the pain to be pain, is never easy. This is why courage - big-heartedness - is the most essential virtue on the spiritual journey. But if we fail to let pain be pain… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
Compassion is not pity ... compassion never considers an object as weak or inferior. Compassion, one might say, works from a strength born of awareness of shared weakness, and not from someone else's weakness. And from the awareness of the… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
I turn a lot of stuff down - big, big movies, the kind I wouldn't want to go to the cinema to see. — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
We honor life when we work. The type of work is not important: the fact of work is. All work feeds the soul if… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
Evil is the shadow of angel. Just as there are angels of light, support, guidance, healing and defense, so we have experiences of shadow… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
We must work on our souls, enlarging and expanding them. We do so by experiencing all of life-the beauty and the joy as well… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
I don't think that fundamentalism has anything to do with Jesus Christ. They call themselves Christians, but if that's Christian, count me out. Fundamentalism… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
“where does creativity come from? Creativity comes from the Universe itself. “There is music and poetry in the Universe itself — surely we hear… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
I didn't learn to swim until I was 21 or something because I grew up in the mountains in Wyoming and all the water… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
I think you've got to take your time and make sure you're making choices that are smart for you. — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
Animals teach us about the animals in ourselves. We need their spirits. — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
The universe is in the habit of making beauty. There are flowers and songs, snowflakes and smiles, acts of great courage, laughter between friends,… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
“If you don't work on yourself, then much of your politics is merely projections. We have to walk our talk and do the inner… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
