World peace is the most essential outer realization of our time.

We are moving from a chain of command to a web of connection, from competition to collaboration, from markets to networks and stockholders to stakeholders, and greed to green.

It's not the meaning of life we seek but our aliveness. Once we have that, the meaning of life is obvious.

The body is the vehicle, consciousness the driver. Yoga is the path, and the chakras are the map.

To love ourselves is to act respectfully toward ourselves, to enjoy our own company when in solitude, to honor our limits and speak our truths.

To lose our connection with the body is to become spiritually homeless. Without an anchor we float aimlessly, battered by the winds and waves of life

It is only by embracing the full spectrum of human consciousness that we can bring about a true awakening of the heart

Chakras are organizational centers for the reception, assimilation, and transmission of life-force energy. They are the stepping stones between heaven and earth.

We either get success or lessons. If we learn our lessons successfully, we get both.

Love is a state of being in harmony with oneself.

The cultural transformation from the love of power to the power of love is the drama of our time.

Nobody should have to choose between a cold heart and a dead heart.

I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.

We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.

If I get invited somewhere I can never usually say no. And then I don't leave until I'm asked to.

I grew up with a lot of Muslim friends, and the whole idea of revelation has been a lifelong interest of mine.

The complete encounter with the Lord will mark an end to history, but it will take place in history.

Do not trust people who call themselves musicians or record collectors who say that they don’t like Bob Dylan or the Beatles. They do not love music if those words come out of their mouths.

I realize over the years my music has started becoming more like country and it's not necessarily something I'm trying to do.

Always will I dig for reasons to applaud; never will I scratch for excuses to gossip. When I am tempted to criticize I will bite on my tongue; when I am moved to praise I will shout from the roofs.