No matter what identity we cling to, it takes great courage to step out of the old masks we wear and the old scripts that we live by, and open ourselves to the mysterious inner core of our being.

The biggest embrace of love you'll ever make is to embrace yourself completely. Then you'll realize you've just embraced the whole universe, and everything and everybody in it.

The more in harmony you are with the flow of your own existence, the more magical life becomes.

What the universe will manifest when you are in alignment with it is a lot more interesting than what you try to manifest

Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it's about letting go of control.

True freedom is to be free from the desire to be free from anything.

Why is it that so few people are truly free? Because they try to conform to ideas, concepts, and beliefs in their heads.

The light of consciousness has no mind to change or alter anything. There is no sense that anything needs to change, but it does change.

The biggest barrier to awakening is the belief that it is something rare.

The goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians.

If we look at the world around us, we see that we are conditioned to not listen deeply. Because isn't that what silence is? It's a listening, a deep wordless listening.

Been conscious of your deficiencies helps you trust more in the Lord

When you're growing up, I think there's this idea that the coolest people are the ones who are really rude and feverish. But I've come to realize that isn't cool.

I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.

You can't find the answers on the bottom of a whiskey glass, but if you look hard enough you'll forget the questions.

My son had toyed with the idea of writing and trying to write a little bit, so that kind of gave me the bug to write also.

Will punk rock ever die? Pal, if you have to ask it's dead to you.

A civilization is as great as its dreams, and its dreams are dreamt by artists.

I am a classic 'Star Trek' fanatic.

I'm just a negative person, a deeply negative person. I see the worst aspects of everything.

The type of music that I love to sing would have to be more bluesy and jazzy and more soul-like because I love to belt when it comes to singing, so I guess bigger songs are what I lean more towards.