The child is free to live out their own destiny.

If you want to enter into a state of pure connection with your child, you can achieve this by setting aside any sense of superiority.

[I'm a conscious parent when I] believe that my child is here to teach me as much about myself and how I need to grow, as I am here to teach them.

There is no universal template that can be applied to everybody. So everyone kind of enter the process in their own way, on their own time.

Life doesn't happen to us, but happens with us.

The more you focus on connection the more free you are on one hand and the more free you can be because the child does feel authentically connected to their destiny.

The Children's Justice Campaign reminds us of our sacred obligation as adults to raise ourselves into consciousness so that our children may thrive.

[I'm a conscious parent] when I stay away from fear-based control tactics - punishment, yelling and threats and I'm seeking more enlightened ways to create boundries with my child.

The pressure we put on ourselves to produce this perfect... operatic... version of ourselves really puts an inordinate amount of stress and tension on us.

[I'm a conscious parent when I] believe that my child matters more than their relationship to academics or success.

I'm a conscious parent when I believe... a parent's presence in their child's life is of paramount value and provides the foundation for their sense of worth.

Sometimes I think books are the only friends worth having.

What does our commitment to nonviolence mean as citizens of one of the most powerful and oppressive nations in recorded history?

In a world where you are constantly asked to be 'committed, ' it is liberating to give yourself the license to be a dilettante. Commit to nothing. Try everything.

An overly negative circle is more dangerous to one's future than one's worst enemies.

If I don't defend for myself, who will?

Boredom comes from a boring mind.

A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.

There is plenty of ambitious competition and hypocrisy in the middle class, which makes it a rather fertile environment for a writer.

All we want in this life is peace, prosperity and a little paper...

When you're a kid, you want to be a millionaire.