The simplicity of meditation means just experiencing the ape instinct of ego.

The bad news is you're falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there's no ground.

To be a spiritual warrior, one must have a broken heart; without a broken heart and the sense of tenderness and vulnerability, your warriorship is untrustworthy.

In the garden of gentle sanity, May you be bombarded by coconuts of wakefulness.

We are always in transition. If you can just relax with that, you'll have no problem.

We cannot change the way the world is, but by opening ourselves to the world as it is, we may find that gentleness, decency and bravery are available - not only to us, but to all human beings.

You are sitting on the earth and you realize that this earth deserves you and you deserve this earth. You are there - fully, personally, genuinely.

A great deal of the chaos in the world occurs because people don't appreciate themselves.

The emphasis on practice is because it is the only time in your life you can steer your karmic situation.

Gentle day's flower - The hummingbird competes With the stillness of the air.

We are threatened by the now so we jump to the past or the future.

I am exactly who I am choosing to be. Should I change my choice, the universe will always be there to assist me.

The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself. Anger is.

The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person you are with, who is right before you,

Now liberals compare their every riot, every traffic blockage, every Starbucks-window-smashing street protest to the civil rights movement -- which was only necessary because of them.

The Ladybug wears no disguises. She is just what she advertises. A speckled spectacle of spring, A fashion statement on the wing.... A miniature orange kite. A tiny dot-to-dot delight.

Make the man within your living ideal.

I'm a passionate individual, and sometimes when I have strong feelings about a subject, I feel the need to express myself.

Maybe science is just magic with delusions of lack of grandeur.

My Vegas act is how I make my money.

Beauty within itself should not be wasted.