Enlightenment is coming out from the fear mode, victim mode and guilt mode of living to the mode of empowerment.

Searching outside of you is Samsara (the world). Searching within you leads to Nirvana.

If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.

You are a cosmic flower. Om chanting is the process of opening the psychic petals of that flower.

Science of yoga and ayurveda is subtler than the science of medicine, because science of medicine is often victim of statistical manipulation.

When the Sun of compassion arises darkness evaporates and the singing birds come from nowhere.

Vipassana meditation is an ongoing creative purification process. Observation of the moment-to-moment experience cleanses the mental layers, one after another.

Life is a collection of moments. Mindfulness is beautification of the moments.

Earth is the holiest place in the Universe, loving the earth, and loving life is the way to generate positive vibrations.

Our wings are small but the ripples of the heart are infinite.

There is a God part in you. The consciousness. The pure Self. Learn to listen the voice of that Power.

There are times when, that which we wish to be, will come to be, when we let it be.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

In the far upper corner of my altar is a photo of Joan Crawford in her most fierce Mommy Dearest mode, just to remind me of some of the cost of everyone's hard-earned sweetness and light.

Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.

The election is not very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street.

I had a history for starting something and maybe getting halfway done. Then I'd see the same thing I was doing on the bestseller list! My ideas were right, but I hadn't done them fast enough.

I don't believe that either fascism or communism is the solution or that they may come back on this earth.

I never tried to use anything besides my own sweat and blood and talent to get somewhere.

The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

I think protest and actions have to be organised against the Israelis and their backers. There needs to be a concerted high profile campaign to raise awareness of the people in this country.