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.

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.

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.

The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality.

Why are we so unconcerned with the great desire of God’s heart?

In a world where pleasure rules, people tend to be undeveloped in every way. " A House Like a Lotus

We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came to our country.

Whether we stay or whether we go - to be courageous is to stay close to the way we are made.

I don't dislike the way I look. I think I look fine. I think I look extraordinary for 88. And I've got energy. Out of my way.

How can this world, which is so beautiful, include so much horror?

The stage is like a cage of light. People are no longer afraid of you - they are the ones out there in the dark, watching.

At the touch of mankind, things wear away with heartbreaking slowness.

Death is better than disease.

Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It's a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.