Consciousness is the ground of all being; everything is consciousness. Beyond that, definition is impossible because any way we may attempt to define it would limit consciousness.

Fundamentalism, in and of itself, is benign and can be personally beneficial, but the anger and prejudice generated by extreme beliefs can permanently damage your brain.

The first thing we need to do is realize that some of our old beliefs are dysfunctional and no longer work, if indeed they ever did. If the desire to do that isn't there, there's nothing to do.

There is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may evade, but Death you shall not.

That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw.

The surest way to a child's heart is to spend time with them.

The institution that had the greatest effect on Berenson's education was the Boston public library, the first in the country that allowed people to take books home to read them.

It was 1967, and the hippie thing was happening. I got into experimenting with drugs while I was in college in Michigan.

I felt that that experience, because of the responsible nature that I found I acted all during that traumatic time, that I felt that I was a man.

Above all, learn how to breathe correctly.

Just when you feel like hauling him off and strangling hin, he gets some goal out of nowhere.

I like to think each writer is doing his or her part. Feeding the lake, as Jean Rhys said. And maybe there are different lakes.

I don't think the latest Star Wars pictures have any artistic intentions, but the original picture opened up epic science fiction.