A true spiritual teacher knows more than he or she necessarily verbalizes, using temperance and love to be guided to say what is appropriate.

The most important part of any relationship is allowing others to choose their own response to a situation, and of course this is the most difficult part.

Healing and positive life change comes from having the courage and spiritual conviction to look squarely at life's impermanence.

No one spiritual path is better than another, although one may accept the universe's role in life more than another.

Every living thing is both a whole system in and of itself as well as an essential part of other systems.

The stripping away of illusion and the struggle to find personal reality can be likened to the peeling of an apple. As one peels away the layers of unreality. . . eventually only the core remains.

When we are unable to love and appreciate ourselves and our efforts, we run away from our mistakes and failures, rather than learning from them.

It is up to you to cultivate your field of mind in order to grow golden crops.

Before you can make your dreams work, you have to get out of bed!!

Right is right even if no one is doing it

A religious person without no job is a dead person. (Iigbagbo ti koni ise oku ni. - Yoruba proverb)

Show me a hero and I'll show you a bum.

Rock n roll is for the young idiots, not an old fart like me.

The evolution of one's own soul is a process. It's not a quick fix. It's not a five-day workshop. It's a lifetime process where we let go, discover and then allow for futures to come into existence.

The race may or may not be to the swift, but tell me, is it likely that the fight will be entrusted to the dead?

It is better to be tied to any thorny bush than to be with a cross man.

Justice and beauty are central to God's new world and should be central to our work. Together they frame the good news of Jesus.