The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.

Love is what we are; we don't get it from somebody, we can't give it to anybody, we can't fall in it or fall out of it. Love is our true Being.

Don't wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.

Devotion is a way of being, it's not something you do. It's dedication to finding awareness and Love. Chanting is like asanas for the mind and the heart.

We instantly believe everything we think. Isn't that insane? It's good for us to explore the depravity of our minds, so we know we are just as crazy as everyone else!

Unlimited inner strength can only be awakened when it is in the service of Love....When we align ourselves with that love and act in service of that love, anything is possible.

You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.

Grace removes obstacles that we don’t even know are there. Grace is what arranges our lives so we are forced to look within.

Chanting just hits you and you want to be a part of it. That’s the point of this whole thing. That’s what cuts through all the ‘stuff’. You get lit up. You don’t have to know what it means.

Surrender happens by Grace. All we're doing is cleaning up the room so when Surrender walks in, He can sit down.

Bhakti yoga isn't something you join, it's love. It means falling in love.

The complete recipe for imagination is absolute boredom.

Memory only becomes interesting through its struggle with forgetfulness.

Civilization changes man on the outside. Meditation softens him within, through and through.

I've suffered too much to hide my feelings.

Beijing residents joke that to get a free smoke all they have to do is open their windows!

I harp always on the 'idea' of life as I dwell perpetually on the existence of the moment.

Let the long contention cease! / Geese are swans, and swans are geese.

There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.

Entering Malibu, I was overwhelmed by a feeling of nostalgia and long lost sadness, like seeing a home I had left a long time ago and had returned to.

A lot of good things start in Virginia; a lot of good things have started in Virginia. We're no strangers to firsts.