Don't be afraid to show your soul, we need plenty of soul to show in this world.

Our true nature is one of innocence and freedom to choose how we live. We need to be brave enough not to give that away. Don't give up on your right to, and sense of, TRUTH, Justice, and GRACE.

Everything has its opposite within it.Love can be very destructive if you mishandle it.Pain can help you find ways to grow and change.Fear can eventually lead you to a path of hope.

When we make judgements we're inevitably acting on limited knowledge, isn't it best to ask if we seek to understand, or simply let them be?

Why be crying, fearful, lonely, when you have the whole universe? Be still, listen to your heart, breathe, and know you need nothing.

If people don't appreciate your REAL self it's hard to be with them, but you only find TRUE friends by SHOWING that self & TRUSTING.

...notice all the many beautiful things, nature, your own soul, stuff other people do.... like help out, smile, create, dance...

There are some great positive quotes out there that I can't quite share as I wonder how a victim in a war torn country could be expected to see from their perspective?

The greatest things to have can't be possessed, they exist within yet can be shared, like freedom, love, trust, integrity, fun, dreams, creativity, wisdom, peace.

When you truly sing, you sing yourself free. When you truly dance, you dance yourself free. When you walk in the mountains or swim in the sea, again, you set yourself free.

We can't fix, only support each other to process, manage, transform, make life-journeys in own way.

Grant is the beginning of the Patent Game, not its end.

This is the place of places and and it is here.

If worthless men are sometimes at the head of affairs, it is, I believe, because worthless men are at the tail and the middle

If you're uncertain when life begins, why not give the unborn the benefit of the doubt and oppose abortion?

Without peace, there is nothing truly human. Peace is harmony. And harmony is the highest ideal of life.

I like looking at the stars on a clear night

The solution to our suffering is our suffering!

You can spend your whole life planning. But once you're ready, get out there and start doing it.

There is a basic problem that a lot of Western monks and nuns become ordained without really understanding or appreciating what the monastic life is all about.

Reality is an illusion that occurs due to the lack of alcohol.