The decision to overlook the seeming inequities of life instead of reacting to them is a choice.

Victory over others brings us satisfaction, but victory over ourselves brings us joy.

All of us must cross the line between ignorance and insight many times before we truly understand.

Love is not a quality of 'God'- is it God's very Essence. It is the ALL-encompassing Reality of the Never-Ending Present. It is the Core of Your Existence.

The main obstacle to our development is our lack of knowledge about the nature of consciousness itself.

We have to cross the boundary between knowing and not knowing many times before we achieve understanding.

That which is injurious loses its capacity to harm when it is brought into the light, and we attract to us that which we emanate.

Healing invokes the power of compassion, both for yourself and for others... At this point, the healed may become a healer.

The best companies are able to realize earnings in cash, not through calculations that belong in fantasyland.

To become more conscious is the greatest gift anyone can give to the world; moreover, in a ripple effect, the gift comes back to its source.

The goal of society in general is to succeed in the world, whereas the goal of enlightenment is to transcend beyond it.

I know I wrote letters to people with no address on this earth, I know that you are dead. But I hear you. I hear all of you. We were here. Our lives matter.

For me, conscious parenting is staying attuned to your child, being really open and in the moment. It means staying as present as possible in your own breath for the betterment of your whole family.

You can send a message around the world in one-fifth of a second, yet it may take years for it to get from the outside of a man's head to the inside.

I know there is infinity beyond ourselves. I wonder if there is infinity within.

The Quito telephone service is about as reliable as roulette.

It was an attempt to stick the Congress's finger in King Hussein's eye.

There was a period when I stopped talking so much, because I was just going through certain things. I just did the gigs and just stayed in, tried to stay away.

Artists are the only people in the world who really live. The others have to hope for heaven.

It must never be forgotten...that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation of power.

I'd rather spend my time looking at the sky than listening to Whitney Houston.