We used to send up the idea of getting to the top. John would shout, "Where are we going, fellas?" We'd shout back, "To the top, Johnny!

I'm only myself when I have a guitar in my hands.

All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.

With every mistake, we must surely be learning.

Everyone should have themselves regularly overwhelmed by Nature

Love one another (His last words)

When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.

You can be standing right in front of the truth and not necessarily see it, and people only get it when they're ready to get it.

Heaven and hell is right now. ... You make it heaven or you make it hell by your actions.

Sometimes I feel like I’m actually on the wrong planet. It’s great when I’m in my garden, but the minute I go out the gate I think, ‘What the hell am I doing here?

The world is ready for a mystic revolution, a discovery of the God in each of us.

Hazel always used to say There's not enough darkness in the entire universe to snuff out the light of just one little candle.

I would apologize for my rudeness, if I had any manners. Happily, I don't.

Stop stressin' and be a blessin'.

Don't bother about genius. Don't worry about being clever. Trust to hard work perseverance and determination. And the best motto for a long march is "Don't grumble. Plug on!"

(President Nixon,) in the face of a vote to impeach he might try, as "commander-in-chief", to use military forces to keep himself in power.

Now, when you are aware, you see the whole process of your thinking and action, but it can happen only when there is no condemnation. That is. When I condemn something, I do not understand it.

Man is happiest when he is creating. In fact, the highest state of which man is capable lies in the creative act.

It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive.

Genuine asceticism for finding one's own soul and for the good of humanity is worthy of reverence.

I just have to do prayers and meditation and affirmations to myself as I go throughout the day, and that's the only way I'm able to make it through some days.