There is a greater purpose to living which is found in the spirit, which is the Being, and that purpose is worth living for.

It doesn't matter what you think about consciousness, higher truths, or different dimensions - it's what you do and what you are that counts.

We can't just restrict ourselves to what we know, because we are talking about the unknown.

Wisdom is not increased by acquiring more information, but by increasing the capacity of seeing.

There is a knowledge that is beyond the mind and the intellect, it is the wisdom of consciousness.

Peace and happiness are powerful weapons against the Egos.

The Son symbolizes the hope of humanity, bringing light to the darkness of our material existence, and reuniting us with the divinity of our own higher nature.

Spirituality is for people. It’s not just for those who you might have read about in books, it’s for people.

No one can give you that which you can find within yourself.

Esoteric things progress not according to time, but by activity, they can be slow or quick, depending upon the efforts made.

There is far more spiritual potential within than most people realize. The potential is so great that to define it in words would be impossible.

I've wept enough in my life. I have no tears left.

Jazz is about the only form of art existing today in which there is freedom of the individual without the loss of group contact.

Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.

For me, my voice and music was always an outlet. Growing up in an unstable environment and whatnot, music was my only real escape.

To boast that one never flirts is actually a kind of flirtation.

The most interesting place by far was Afghanistan. Just because it is a place that I cannot see myself living. The hardness of the people and the history of the country is just so completely intense.

The only love from which a man never recuperates is the one he never had. The eternal and untarnished illusion.

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

I find that if you take the various popular song forms to their logical extremes, you can arrive at almost anything from the ridiculous to the obscene-or, as they say in New York, sophisticated.

In the annals of history, few men have left a more positive imprint on the world than Pope John Paul II.