The world that we perceive is a reflection of our own states of mind and reveals our own level of consciousness.

Our stresses, anxieties, pains, and problems arise because we do not see the world, others, or even ourselves as worthy of love

At the end of our lives we hope we will look back and, like an incense stick completely burned away, will have poured forth all our fragrance into the world.

What is important is not the specific manner in which God is worshiped but the degree to which the devotee is filled with love. (48-49)

Relinquishing selfish wants, one is free to allow others to travel their own paths under the will of God. (18)

[A] practitioner of any spiritual path must have complete confidence that his adopted path is, for him, superior to all others. (57)

Each soul has its own note to sing in the divine chorus and no voice is more important than another. (94)

Our stresses, anxieties, pains, and problems arise because we do not see the world, others, or even ourselves as worthy of love. (9)

To the yogi, all experience is seen as one, as a means to help him cultivate devotion. All experiences have equal meaning and value. (154)

Better not to plant seeds of selfishness than try to eradicate them once they have grown into giant weeds. (91)

A man who wears a fragrant flower on his collar spreads a perfume wherever he goes. (141)

Live for everything, or die for nothing

Charity followed the pirate. To salvation or to hell, she would soon find out.

Confound the subtlety of lawyers with the subtlety of the law.

Animal? As in lion and tiger and chipmunk? Who's he kidding?

Exile is not a time frame. Exile is an experience. It's a sentiment.

I find that your basic Internet chat board is way too vitriolic for my taste.

Normally, what happens when we have a national leader who wants to do something in terms of military intervention, he tells the Pentagon, put together some options to accomplish goal.

Y'know, you can't please all the people all the time... and last night, all those people were at my show.

One of the things that fascinates me most is when people are so charmed by the universe that it becomes part of their artistic output.

Make the work you are doing today better than the work you did yesterday.