Things do not happen to us… They happen because of us

People often associate complexity with deeper meaning, when often after precious time has been lost, it is realized that simplicity is the key to everything.

Never allow your ego to diminish your ability to listen.

Never put yourself in a position to be made an example of.

Emotional awareness is the tether between our Awakened and Dream States. It is the bridge that connects our island in the physical realm to the unexplored Universes that are waiting for us.

If you make time for the nonsense, good or bad, it will continue to seek you out.

Healing ultimately comes down to whether or not you have made the decision to do so.

Rich or poor, money rules with an iron fist.

When you have experienced the depth of your inner self, the idea of enlightenment is no longer a goal to strive towards, but rather an attitude to maintain.

The practice of Detachment encourages the positive aspects of your life to become dominant, while providing a clear path for the negative aspects to recede.

You are the most influential person in your life. You can embrace your strengths or give away your power. The choice is yours.

The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service

We live not in order to eat, but in order not to know what we feel like eating.

I see the kids and I feel like taking them all away to a safe place to hide until the war stops and the hunger stops and El Cua becomes strong enough to give them the care they deserve.

I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

The emotional brain is highly attuned to symbolic meanings and to the mode Freud called the 'primary process' - the messages of metaphor, story, myth, the arts.

CEOs are no different than the guy in the mailroom. They all have to learn how to manage better the risk created by our increasingly risk-shifting world.

I don't think Muslims do hate America. I think that's what we hear and that's what we believe. I don't think that's true.

Religion is such a medieval idea. Don't get me started. I have thought about every facet of religion, and I can't buy any of it.

Life is just a lie with an 'F' in it, and death is definite