Institutions don't change the world in fundamental ways. The way the world changes is heart to heart to heart by individuals, not by institutions.

The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth.

I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.

If you think you’re enlightened go spend a week with your family.

The game is not about becoming somebody, it's about becoming nobody.

We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another.

The intellect is a beautiful servant but a terrible master. Intellect is the power tool of our separateness. The intuitive, compassionate heart is the doorway to our unity.

We're all just walking each other home.

As you dissolve into love, your ego fades. You’re not thinking about loving; you’re just being love, radiating like the sun.

I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are

If you want to cure the world, don't emanate fear - emanate love.

I ought to warn you, dear, he can get rather wild when he’s hungry

Sometimes "the fool who rushes in" gets the job done.

If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.

Sometimes it's interesting to see what people who have too much control need to do to write freely.

I mean, I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn't mean I don't get frustrated in my life.

There's nothing wrong with technology. It's when technology is the story and not the artist, that's the problem.

I'm proud to call myself a feminist and am proud to say I have two young boys who are self-proclaimed feminists as well.

I’m gonna show you how great I am.

Making a movie is like getting married. You're like, "Am I going to marry this project? Am I ready for that kind of commitment?"

Prayer infuses the air of a time yet to be into the suffocating atmosphere of the present.