We want to live and love and build a just and peaceful society.

When all else fails, take a vacation.

To say that on a daily basis you can make a difference, well, you can. One act of kindness a day can do it.

There is no use talking about the problem unless you talk about the solution

Nonviolence is the weapon of the strong.

I'm trying to show by my actions that you can make a far better world if you just care enough. That's all you have to do. It's no big deal. One act of kindness a day can do it.

Fear's contagious, but so is courage.

We want for our children, as we want for ourselves, our lives at home, at work and at play, to be lives of joy and peace.

Non violence is not a thing that comes easily. You have to learn how to be non-violent

In a world that we know can feed itself, upwards of 40,000 children die very day from conditions of malnutrition. Surely we must question why we are allowing this carnage to continue

Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason.

Emptiness is this world’s greatest discovery. Who has chosen this kind world for us and why?

It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.

I was beginning to feel compassion for myself.

I should have tried getting blown up months ago if that's what it takes to get you to be nice to me.

If America is to succeed in responding to these 21st Century challenges, our political system cannot continue to bog down in the mire of partisan gamesmanship.

If government were less important in our lives, politicians would have fewer goodies to trade. In return, we'd have more money and more freedom.

The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.

I focus on details, either of the body, or of objects that represent gender, sexuality, and other themes.

When I have plucked the rose, I cannot give it vital growth again, It needs must wither. I'll smell it on the tree.

I love playing a curmudgeon. I just love playing a sour guy.