I'm not an idealist. I know we're not going to be living in a world that's peace and love all the time. But we can live in a world where we kill each other a lot less.

You learn a lot when you're barefoot. The first thing is every step you take is different.

All the freaky people make the beauty of the world.

We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace.

When many little people in many little places do many little things, then the whole world changes.

The music industry has been hijacked by corporate interests, but the way music affects people and resonates with them hasn't changed.

Be as radiant as the sun, as healing as the rain, as generous as a tree.

Life is too short to make just one decision, Music's too loud for just one station, Love is too big for just one nation, AND GOD IS TOO BIG FOR JUST ONE RELIGION...

I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.

Don't settle for something that's not great. Don't feel like having a relationship that is not serving your needs is more important than having a relationship with yourself.

Every single soul is a poem.

People in third world countries aren't living in poverty, they're living pretty much as nature intended us to live it and putting us all to shame

Pull love closely around youand snuggle into its bliss.

People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.

If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.

My job as a comedian is to heighten awareness about locally grown produce, fight factory farming, and promote euthanasia, but in a funny way.

When you're writing a novel, you're still telling a story. But you're telling it very differently. It's a craft like anything else.

There is a creative act involved by the receiver as well as by the sender and that makes for innovation. Both sides are equally important.

The child becomes a person through work.

What happens in a fantasy can be more involving than what happens in life, and thank goodness for that.

The idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God.