Harmony is a wonderful thing, but not nearly as powerful as awareness.

The larger goal of Deep Democracy is not me changing you and you changing me. But we learning how to relate.

We must be able to identify all the parts in a system and allow them to speak. All the parts in a group, even those we do not like or believe to be useless, must be present and supported.

Structural work is only a bandage unless feelings have been healed.

People have a need to feel their pain. Very often pain is the beginning of a great deal of awareness. As an energy center it awakens consciousness.

Leadership is a group project, and all of us are necessary to fill it. Wise leaders will realize this and encourage their groups to develop their own evolving leadership potential.

Many of us would like the world to change, but we don't want to endure the trouble of helping make it happen.

The various levels of problems and issues are interwoven, so that solving any one of them without simultaneously addressing the others rarely works for long.

The moment we begin to believe we have got something about God figured out with certainty is the moment we can be sure we are no longer speaking about God.

For a novelist, no matter what, it's a complete work, even if it's not published. But if you write a screenplay, and it's not performed, then it's a sad and frustrating experience.

Chemistry [between people] is not the easiest thing to evaluate. Just like talent and health, these things can change.

Things don't go away. They become you.

Women work harder. And women are more honest; they have less reasons to be corrupt.

To become a thoroughly good man is the best prescription for keeping a sound mind and a sound body.

When I’m reaching an audience, I feel it.

This is a very big victory for Michael and we are all very proud that he has been completely and totally vindicated in court, as we were certain he would be.

...it was dangerous to overflow because we might end up finding ourselves occupied by our loved ones and drowning them with our love and enthusiasm.

A mind in the present moment is meditation.