Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.

Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it.

The first sign of tyranny is government's complicity in privatizing the commons for private gain.

Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.

While communism is the control of business by government, fascism is the control of government by business.

The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.

The most patriotic thing you can do is to take care of the environment and try to live sustainably.

You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.

Corporate polluters, their phony think tanks and political toadies like to marginalize environmentalists as tree huggers, or radicals. But there is nothing radical about clean air or water.

We protect nature not for nature's sake but for our own sake because it's the infrastructure of our communities.

Have no fear in the devil and acknowledge the insecurities, mistakes of the past, and disappointments that you have long failed to accept as new beginnings and see the child within you begin to heal.

The most colorful thing in the world is black and white, it contains all colors and at the same time excludes all.

The less human you feel, the more human you become.

I could feel my anger dissipating as the miles went by--you can't run and stay mad!

Sexual love is the most stupendous fact of the universe, and the most magical mystery our poor blind senses know.

I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.

I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested!

Singing has never been particularly easy for me.

Calling them devadasis we insult God Himself in the name of religion.

Tell me who you are. You need not tell me your name. Names have power, even human ones. Tell me where you live and what you do with your living.