If I hold you with my emotions, you'll become a wished-for companion.

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.

Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love

I LOVE my friends neither with my heart nor with my mind. Just in case... HEART might stop. MIND can forget. I Love them with my Soul. SOUL never stops or forgets.

Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that God has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him.

Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every heart.

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

It's your road & yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you

Last night I begged the Wise One to tell me the secret of the world. Gently, gently, he whispered, "Be quiet, the secret cannot be spoken, It is wrapped in silence."

Choiceless awareness - at every moment and in all the circumstances of life - is the only effective meditation.

The mistakes we make when we are young are just as important to us as food or air. Without learning how to do things the wrong way, we can never learn how to do them the right way.

No matter what, we have to keep moving forward, even if we have to crawl.

If we only elected good men, we'd never have leaders.

Our circumstances answer to our expectations and the demand of our natures.

When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs.

Generally, if you preface an interview request with, 'I'm an author writing a book,' for some reason, that seems to open a lot of doors.

[Kindness] is a most edifying form of instant gratification.

Pay more, eat less. Diversify your diet and eat wild foods when you can.

Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense.