True peacefulness comes from abandoning the illustion that satisfying desires brings pleasure.

We drop like pebbles into the ponds of each other's souls, and the orbit of our ripples continues to expand, intersecting with countless others.

Everyday brings a choice: to practice stress or to practice peace.

May I be at peace. May I awaken to the light of my own true nature. May I be healed and may I be the source of healing for others.

The question is not whether we will barbecue, but how we will barbecue.

Healing is the rediscovery of who we are and who we have always been.

Learning to listen to ourselves is a way of learning to love ourselves.

When we are capable of living in the moment free from the tyranny of "shoulds," free from the nagging sensation that this moment isn't right, we will have peaceful hearts.

The question is not if we are going to die or not, but how are we going to live.

Every act of kindness and compassion toward others gets multiplied when they, in turn, pass it on. One by one the world becomes a better place. Service is indeed the gift that keeps on giving.

Forgiveness ... is the finishing of old business that allows us to experience the present, free of contamination from the past.

Prayer allows you to tap into God’s wisdom anywhere, anytime, no matter what’s going on.

Tame that fascinated monster ego when it roars ~ Become infinite Kind Beautiful ~ Be happy ~ smile

Speech is the resuscitation breath for living corpses and the water of life for those who want to live forever.

It's time for Americans to stop worrying about Kim Kardashian and figure out how we're gonna save our kids.

Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.

Small businesses are important, but so are tiny businesses.

The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as a tenor or a prima donna.

The moment the angel enters a life it enters an environment. We are ecological from day one.

Obviously from childhood to my teenage years, I really came into my own. I left the house early; I was on the streets when I was, like, 15. I've been holdin' my own since that age.

God bless little children while they're still too young to hate.