The number one skill in life is not giving up.

There is nothing worse than fear. Fear is worse than cancer, fear is worse than torture, fear is worse than betrayal and fear is even worse than death.

It is never too late to begin living your own dream.

Don’t live your whole life on holy crutches.

Be the patience you seek

There is an enlightened way to flow with, in, and through conflict.

When you are avoiding your pain you are really only avoiding your growth.

We all know the true beauty of people everywhere, because we have all looked into the eyes of children, and saw ourselves looking back.

A society that has destroyed freedom and beauty must itself be destroyed.

Most people know nothing about freedom; only the facsimile of freedom into which they were inculcated.

Nothing is more beautiful than freedom, and nothing more grotesque than its molestation.

Who you are is shaping your so-called reality. When you change — the world changes with you.

Don’t run from your pain — run into your pain.

Low-grade pain can be so rooted in your being that the pain begins to look like you, and you begin to look like the pain — it becomes your identity.

It is the garden of peace you seek, but it is not a tangible place that exists in the world — it is within. Go there, within.

Real education is about revolution.

Privileged groups work for greater power consolidation through favoritism.

We are sitting on top of a vast cultural and historical pyramid of accumulated misconceptions, lies and myths, built one on top of the other.

Depression lives and grows in the swamp of need.

God’s favorite type of prayer is action.

A purpose does not just happen, it is cultivated.

Each positive thought is your refuge and your sanctuary, where in that thoughtful moment, you are safe.

Real success sometimes involves saying no to growth, expansion and gain.

What we want for others doesn’t work unless they want it for themselves.

Dare to love every person, including yourself.

We must understand that out of community and dialogue, the answers will arrive in their own time and way.

In a stress pressure-cooker like America, I believe we will see more and more shooting massacres. Violence is in our cultural DNA.

Nothing great ever happens from thinking small.

Who you are is why you choose the friends and situations in your life.

Within you, you will find everything you need to be complete.

The existence of excessive nationalism is a symptom of a deeper problem in the collective consciousness, which is continually being exploited.

TV is a pornographic cacophony of violence, death obsession, screams, gunfire and drama. You think it’s fine because you are damaged.

There is no such thing as a non-subjective world to a subjective mind.

You must firmly, absolutely and ruthlessly protect your safety and sanity.

We are our own worst enemy and make no mistake we are destroying ourselves.

You will never know anyone more intimately than yourself. Love yourself and be good to yourself.

The common person fears to think beyond the common.

Your persistent problems are because of your response to common misfortune.

No political body is sacred, sustainable or under protection, which allows the exploitation of its weakest citizens.

We must protect and share the world.

When the voices of doubt start whispering, turn-up the volume of faith and listen to your heart.

Our identities are tremendously warped and distorted by yesterday’s trauma and tomorrow’s expectations.

Every person has something meaningful to say in the conversation of life.

Let the fires of truth burn away your false life and your excuses, fears, blaming, doubts and illusions of insignificance.

Children are everything we could have been.

Start deep within yourself and slowly build outward toward your goal.

When we are easily upset it is because we are internally unstable and unrefined spiritually.

Once you let the truth loose it is like setting a fire that you can’t stop.

Pain is as expansive as life itself. Pain grows with us and in us as a cultivation of life’s unfolding.

You do not have to do anything to defend yourself in life; just be beautiful and life will defend you.