As fire, though one, takes the shape of every object which it consumes, so the Self, though one, takes the shape of every object in which it dwells. (The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal, pg. 35)

That which is not comprehended by the mind but by which the mind comprehends—know that...

I cannot say that I know Brahman fully.Nor can I say that I know him not....Nor do I know that I know him not.

I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.

Your experiences are the foundation for your story

All day long you see those commercials: 'Here's Your Brain, Just Say No'...and the next commercial is: 'This Bud's For You.'

In some way or other we are part of a single, all-embracing psyche, a single 'greatest man. . . .'

Not long ago, a novelist could believe he could have an effect on our consciousness of terror. Today, the men who shape and inflence human consciousness are the terrorists.

Public influence is the real government of the world.

The person who makes all cares into one care the care for simply staying present will be cared for by that presence which is creative love.

The trend that should definitely die is following trends.

We must do something to let people in this country know that addiction is something that can be treated and this epidemic of prescribed opioids is something that we can fix.