And as for baby-boomer parents cluck-clucking about illegal substances, ah, gimme a break. Still, I think I'll pass on the rave. But more power to 'em, I say.

Unhappiness and dissatisfaction with life are not signs of mental illness, but of growing intelligence.

You cannot have exterior development without interior development to hold it in place.

Real love will take you far beyond yourself;and therefore real love will devastate you.

Be the most ethical, the most responsible, the most authentic you can be with every breath you take, because you are cutting a path into tomorrow that others will follow.

The truth will not necessarily set you free, but truthfulness will.

As Aurobindo and Teilhard de Chardin knew, the future of humankind is God-consciousness.

I rise to taste the dawn, and find that love alone will shine today.

Boundary lines, of any type, are never found in the real world itself, but only in the imagination of the mapmakers.

The point is to unify the opposites, both positive and negative, by discovering a ground which transcends and encompasses both.

I don't believe that any human mind is capable of 100 percent error... Nobody is smart enough to be wrong all the time.

To try is to invite uncertainty. Where confidence goes, success usually follows.

You can't always choose which. Sometimes you have to BE which.

But rules cannot substitute for character.

Most of the things that are asked of me as a representative black person, would suggest never are we equal Americans.

We call the effort to cultivate our ability to be in the present moment ‘practice’ or ‘meditation practice.’

Universal suffrage is sound in principle. The radical element is right.

Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it

No more do we create cultural artifacts that are simply our furniture, but now it's our thoughts, our values, are embodied in this [digital] stuff.

Piety and morality are but the same spirit differently manifested. Piety is religion with its face toward God; morality is religion with its face toward the world.

Running helps me stay on an even keel and in an optimistic frame of mind.