People never leave a sinking ship until they see the lights of another ship approaching.

You cannot change how someone thinks, but you can give them a tool to use which will lead them to think differently.

In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

Mistakes are great, the more I make the smarter I get.

If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don't bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

You can rest assured that if you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe will support you, always and only in the nick of time.

Love is metaphysical gravity.

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

CANDY: I learned long ago not to give a flying f*ck what strangers thought about me. H*ll, I only mildly care what my friends think. Life is too short to stress others’ opinions.

For every opinion you receive, seek guidance from the Creator.

Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come to you and clean away dirty energy.

I repeatedly refuse to make any practical decisions. I get a feeling of nausea about practicality.

Help the world in any way that you want to. I have found that the more light you give and spread, the more you will evolve.

Put on the music, and listen. Zazen means to sit, to listen. You're listening to enlightenment, to the universes, to the planes of mind.

I've gotten thicker skin mostly from being older. You just stop caring quite as much about everything.

If you're wearing a pair of shoes that's a little flashy, then it's important not to be flashy up top and vice versa.

Fatalism is a false premise. What will be is not necessarily what must be.