The purpose of this life and all its experiences is not to make ourselves what we think we should be. It is to unfold who we already are.

Eventually, you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.

The opposite of love is not hate. It is fear.

Humbleness, forgiveness, clarity and love are the dynamics of freedom. They are the foundations of authentic power.

Please... tell me who you are and what you want. And if you think those are simple questions, keep in mind that most people live their entire lives without arriving at an answer.

A power struggle collapses when you withdraw your energy from it. Power struggles become uninteresting to you when you change your intention from winning to learning about yourself.

The amount of stress in your life is determined by how much energy you expend resisting your life.

Reverence is an attitude of honoring life. Reverence automatically brings forth patience. Reverence permits non-judgemental justice. Reverence is a perception of the soul.

Changing the world begins with the very personal process of changing yourself, the only place you can begin is where you are, and the only time you can begin is always now.

What is behind your eyes holds more power than what is in front of them.

Your experiences are not limited to what you have created in the past

That which man doth, unaided by divine strength, God can never own. The mere fruits of the earth He casteth away

Why are we surprised when fig trees bear figs?

One of the strangest things about writing well is that it requires two different zones in the brain--rigor and recklessness--simultaneously.

My daughters, your daughters, our daughters deserve safety, protection, and the freedom to make their own choices about their personal lives and their physical selves.

In measuring a circle, one begins anywhere.

Only dull and impotent artists screen their work with sincerity. In art there is need for truth, not sincerity.

My parents were gardeners themselves, and perforce they used environmental techniques because it was during the war, and you didn't have the new sorts of chemicals.

"In Africa," S. B. once remarked, "if you do well, people close to you will hate you."

Everybody is following somebody. Everybody has faith in something and somebody. We are all believers.

I think that our experiences are quite often colored by our cultural and religious beliefs.