Ambition that springs forth from within is the divine drive that'll ground you in your strengths and propel you to new heights. Inner ambition is fierce, but never aggressive; it's bold, but never a bully; it's focused, but never reckless.

I missed the experience of the sacred. I missed the sense of communicating with a higher power. I missed the experience of the divine, the thing larger and greater than we are.

Of course if I were pope, I'd recognize gay marriage and delete the word albeit (which means though) in the quote above. I can't see the problem with the pursuit of pleasure. There's no reason pleasure or its pursuit should lower respect for the lover.