Ignorance, according to the Buddha, is our basic difficulty. Psychedelics and the process of aging make that clear to me all the time.

Each asana is like a piece of music that has a certain characteristic, a certain power.

The art of living is simply the art of using energy in an intelligent and creative way.

Service or giving is the other side of receiving. Giving and receiving is a full circle: a full circle feels more natural than a half circle.

Be a little kinder to each other.

My first psychedelic experience with Aldous still directs my life today.

If you decide that you are making love to have a child then you are to prepare. Prepare physiologically, spiritually, and know that you have enough money to give him what you have to give him.

You would think that as you get older you would be more disciplined. As I get older I get less disciplined. I just play around!

The unequal distribution of food is one of the world's most tragic facts. Millions of people die because they have too little to eat, and many die because they have too much.

Habitual caution ties and binds us; it is as if we were dressed always in clothes and shoes that were several sizes too small.

Most furniture is not made for people - they are made for the people who sell them.

I had problems a therapist couldn't solve

To be in Jesus' easy yoke is an easy way of doing hard things." (p. 202)

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

I loved him the way some people are to be loved - from a distance.

Just remember, the single most important thing in this world is love. You find it, you fight for it.

I find it too terrifying to go out in L.A.

Often the thought of pain is actually worse that the pain itself.

I really don't think there should be a movie about me. That's for sure!

It's been a pattern in my life - when I get in trouble, I try to get out of it, since I was little.

The least trusted testimony in a court of law is eyewitness testimony. We are simply not good reporters of facts that happen to us, or in front of us. But that's not the same as knowingly lying.