Real change comes when people are enabled to use their thinking and their energy in a new way, using a different system of thought, different language, and having fresh visions of the future.

We need to learn and to show others that there are tried and tested, powerful ways of containing and resolving conflict which do not require the use of force.

Anger is like gasoline. If you spray it around and somebody lights a match, you've got an inferno. [But] if we can put our anger inside an engine, it can drive us forward.

I flew aeroplanes, parachuted, walked on my own across the Himalayas - you name it; if it was dangerous, I did it.

To discover your mission and put it into action - instead of worrying on the sidelines - is to find peace of mind and a heart full of love.

Dialogue is a non-confrontational communication, where both partners are willing to learn from the other and therefore leads much farther into finding new grounds together

Change happens at the level of the individual

I have a little mantra: My fear grows fat on the energy I feed it. And if it grows very big, it probably happens.

There are astonishing stories of heroism not only in preventing bloodshed, but in building understanding which lasts.

If governments were kind, they'd realize that conficts are resolved and wars prevented not by armies but by ordinary people.

The arts can bring the heart to the aid of the head, the personal to the political.

Time is a storm in which we are all lost.

What does egoism mean? It means to become blind through one’s own vision. The Gnani [the enlightened one] removes the egoism.

In order to appreciate and respect diversity we must first recognize and embrace our humanity.

I felt like the track came to us, but then it went beyond us.

Successful weight management really means a permanent change in lifestyle - and success in this arena provides that person with a great opportunity to model that behavior for friends and family.

I'm knocking our pitiful, pathetic lawmakers. And I thank God that President Bush has stated, we need a Constitutional amendment that states that marriage is between a man and a woman.

The reality, sitting ten thousand miles away, is that we remain the country that inspires. We remain that shining city on a hill.

To know anything about oneself one must know all about others.

Let us learn to live coarsely, dress plainly, and lie hard. The least habit of dominion over the palate has certain good effects not easily estimated.

The only reason I haven't shot you yet is because he's the one who should get to do it," I say. "Stay away from him or I'll decide I no longer care.