Total revolution of consciousness and our entire social, political and economic system is what interests me, but that's not on the ballot.

By puberty I learned that nothing worth having could be easily attained and to succeed one must be single minded.

As long as we prioritize material truths over spiritual truths we will live in tyranny because we are living an illusion

You must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from the idea that people are watching you.

I get fixated when I'm bleeding -- I can see why they went in for blood-letting in the medieval times because it makes you feel a bit better. When I cut myself, the drama of it calms me down.

The bad-boy label is just an assumption.

The revolution that's required isn't a revolution of radical ideas, but the implementation of ideas we already have.

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

If people have some sort of yearning, dissatisfaction or some itching irritability, then it might because they aren't looking in the right direction for a solution. They aren't looking within.

I thought I was promiscuous, but it turns out I was just thorough.

The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise.

Digest your experiences well and let this nourish the body of your life.

If religion has given birth to all that is essential in society, it is because the idea of society is the soul of religion.

God's plan for moving people from the broad road to the narrow road involves you.

I was just restless with being in school; so I went out to Los Angeles.

I understand the sensitivities of grown children with little ones of their own!! They'll turn away a mother full of advice, but they'll never say no to one holding a mop.

Men are capable of talking hours on end over only one subject; women do it and don't even require a subject.

We are not an endangered species ourselves yet, but this is not for lack of trying.

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

It doesn't really matter what "genre" your book is. What matters is that it's a good book of its kind. Whatever that kind may be.