You have a sacred contract with the Universe, and no one can fulfill it except you.

Eventually, you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.

The opposite of love is not hate. It is fear.

Humbleness, forgiveness, clarity and love are the dynamics of freedom. They are the foundations of authentic power.

Please... tell me who you are and what you want. And if you think those are simple questions, keep in mind that most people live their entire lives without arriving at an answer.

A power struggle collapses when you withdraw your energy from it. Power struggles become uninteresting to you when you change your intention from winning to learning about yourself.

The amount of stress in your life is determined by how much energy you expend resisting your life.

Reverence is an attitude of honoring life. Reverence automatically brings forth patience. Reverence permits non-judgemental justice. Reverence is a perception of the soul.

Changing the world begins with the very personal process of changing yourself, the only place you can begin is where you are, and the only time you can begin is always now.

What is behind your eyes holds more power than what is in front of them.

Your experiences are not limited to what you have created in the past

To constantly see one’s own self as ‘Pure’, and to see other’s self as ‘pure’, is focused applied awareness of the Self, the Soul (shuddha upayog).

A poet’s words are like mortar to the bricks of society.

Keep in mind that there are computers, that do touch things up. Like when I got a hold of the poster for 'Gold Diggers, ' I said: 'Hey, wait a minute! Those aren't my teeth!'

Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open.

I’ve learned to live with rage. In some ways, it’s my rage that keeps me going. Without it, I would have been whipped long ago. With it, I got a lot more songs to sing.

Some books accrete things to themselves like a magnet. The writer risks sterility by subjecting the mysterious power of imagination to the devices of mere comprehension.

Love is the supreme value around which all moral values can be integrated into one ethical system valid for the whole of humanity.

I'm not smart enough to lie

Thought is always troublesome to him who lives without his own approbation.

I was trying my best to just stop that ball from going over the fence, I'd sacrifice my body if I have to. I've done that my whole career.