I realize that was becoming a contradiction in terms, especially after my friend Alison Krauss was shot and killed in Kent State in 1970 on campus by the National Guard.

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.

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

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.

It was words and reading that had made me quiet, and being quiet had made me a mark.

A kind word sends vibes of love, if we are perceptive, if we know how love permeates and proliferates with this little gesture of giving.

His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.

When politicians say "I'm in politics," it may or may not be possible to trust them, but when they say, "I'm in public service," you know you should flee.

Practically the whole human race is hypnotized because it thinks what somebody else told it to think.

Whether you are inspired or not, the only way to unlock your creativity, is to start writing.

Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.

I want to tell them (western countries) just as the Soviet Union was wiped out and today does not exist, so will the Zionist regime soon be wiped out.

Ideas and philosophies change just as machines do. Religions changed because of the birth control pill. Politics changes because of the hydrogen bomb. All because of science fictional inventions.

As it is she will probably turn out to be one of these acid-faced virgins that sit behind little desks in public libraries and stamp dates in books.