Don't wait to find solid ground. Dance in emptiness.

We each need to make peace with our own memories. We have all done things that make us flinch.

Everything passes, nothing remains. Understand this, loosen your grip and fine serenity.

We all have spiritual DNA; wisdom and truth are part of our genetic structure even if we don't always access it.

before speaking, notice what motivates your words.

You have to go through the darkness to truly know the light. This may sound like a cliche, but it's true nonetheless. Often the greatest doubts occur just before a breakthrough.

Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead it's about becoming more fully human. . . . It is the end of ignorance.

The heart is an organ of perception.

We're human beings trying to understand and cultivate what it means to feel divine love. We have to start with small, realistic goals.

The Pearl Principle - no inner irritation, no pearl.

Our lack of compassion stems from our inability to see deeply into the nature of things.

Adopted. Big Deal; so was Superman

I said you were a man of peace. I want you to know I took immense crap for that.

Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification.

My soul is of more value than ten thousand worlds.

The secret of living is to find a pivot, the pivot of a concept on which you can make your stand.

People appreciating my performance is good enough for me. I don't care much for awards and have never given it much thought. And anyway, I can't play the games people play to win awards.

We began to connect literacy and learning and the lively effects of biblical knowledge and preaching pretty early. That was a tremendous impact.

The key to solving the social problems of our age is to abolish the white race.

Find someone to love . . . and, oh, someone to love you.

The desire for power feeds off itself, growing as it devours.