I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that's what I'm doing.

Love is what we are; we don't get it from somebody, we can't give it to anybody, we can't fall in it or fall out of it. Love is our true Being.

Don't wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.

Devotion is a way of being, it's not something you do. It's dedication to finding awareness and Love. Chanting is like asanas for the mind and the heart.

We instantly believe everything we think. Isn't that insane? It's good for us to explore the depravity of our minds, so we know we are just as crazy as everyone else!

Unlimited inner strength can only be awakened when it is in the service of Love....When we align ourselves with that love and act in service of that love, anything is possible.

You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.

Grace removes obstacles that we don’t even know are there. Grace is what arranges our lives so we are forced to look within.

Chanting just hits you and you want to be a part of it. That’s the point of this whole thing. That’s what cuts through all the ‘stuff’. You get lit up. You don’t have to know what it means.

Surrender happens by Grace. All we're doing is cleaning up the room so when Surrender walks in, He can sit down.

Bhakti yoga isn't something you join, it's love. It means falling in love.

He was just a taker. She was a taker in her way too. They were taking each other, and they loved each other for that. -June Havoc

Persistence is the measurement of your belief in yourself.

In order to realize our true self we must be willing to live without being dependent upon the opinion of others.

We live in a very litigious society. I've never sued anybody. I certainly can imagine a situation where I might sue, but it seems more or less in bad taste.

One marvel of a day he had walked so far that when he returned the moon was high and full and all the world was purple shadow and silver.

I once heard someone on a bus say that this guy had gotten under her skin. And it struck me as a remarkable thought - that someone would affect you so deeply they'd always be a part of you.

Most of the time, feelings just seem to get in the way. They're a luxury for the idle, a bourgeois concept. Feelings are overrated.

Luck is just bein' prepared at all times, so when the door opens you're ready.

Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.

I never suspected that we or any one person or program can create Serena Williams or John McEnroe or Pete Sampras.