Sadly, our society still perpetuates the false ideal that a real man should be all masculine, and a real woman all feminine. Neither is possible, nor desirable.

Gender imbalance is, at its root, a collective spiritual crisis.

No matter how challenging the ensuing process may become at times, the inner light and love in the human heart always has the power to dispel darkness and ignorance.

The invisible fuel for this healing process is our heartfelt compassion and loving presence and the sincerity of the collective intention that we bring to it.

Moving beyond past wounds and hurts and building a culture of respect, dignity, and flowering love

If the sun never set, we would have no perception of the vast depths of space, which become visible only at night when we are able to see what is obscured by the bright daylight

When we stand, we do so not only for ourselves, but also for countless others who have similar stories but may never have an opportunity to be witnessed.

We stand not as victims, but rather to bear witness to the gender injustices present in our lives and in our world as a whole.

When women and men listen with the heart a liberating or cleansing process comes about in the collective, and something transformative moves through both parties and into the dialogue.

Gender is but a doorway to a vast inner universe of ultimate relationships between oneness and duality, manifest and divine, being and nonbeing, temporal and eternal.

Wherever people go to find peace - that's what I find in the ocean.

We either allow our past to keep interfering with our optimal expression of love and happiness, or we can move beyond our past with renewed passion for life

Poetry can keep life itself alive. You can endure almost anything as long as you can sing about it.

If in a democratic country nothing can be permanently achieved save through the masses of the people, it will be impossible to establish a higher political life than the people themselves crave.

The only love worthy of a name is unconditional.

Word of mouth is the primary factor behind 20 percent to 50 percent of all purchasing decisions.

Life is better when you share it.

At the end of the day, an actor is only a cog in the wheel.

When you have a flourishing of the economy you have a flourishing of the arts.

I don't think I need too much help. I think my head's on pretty straight, and I'm pretty realistic about things. I'm very focused, so that certainly prevents me from going all over the place.