Begin accepting the gift now, and have every beautiful and good thing in life — and then share.

The challenge is trying to set people free, and help them be ‘successful’ in the world, which are almost always opposite objectives.

No nation’s flag is great or glorious if it flies over the weak and downtrodden, even if they raise and protect it out of misguided allegiance.

Sex is a form of exploration; it is asking questions and getting answer

When we can’t let go of the past, painful moments accumulate in us; metastasizing in our consciousness like an emotional cancer.

Lead with honesty, total integrity, compassion, patience and tolerance — toward yourself!

All violence demands reform, and all violence desperately begs to be healed.

The need for gain, and advantage over others, is one of the chief driving forces behind all human misery.

The fish does not know it is wet. America is immersed in violence. The violence is in our souls. The enemy is within.

For the achiever the battle with critics is a slow war of attrition. Let time do the dirty work for you.

Learn to experience yourself without judging yourself.

We cannot trust our own minds, traditions and beliefs.

There are graceful ways of accessing your purpose and success, with time, invitation, gentleness, cooperation and surrender.

Life is simply a collective thought. Didn’t you know we made it all up? Don’t you know it can be different?

Any good is good enough.

Each person was meant to blossom into their own unique signature of greatness.

Food is a part of our contract with life.

Innocence still lives within our hearts and the child within each of us knows right from wrong.

Mindfulness is that space where you are in touch with life-experience and you are brightly aware.

When someone is attacking you, they are coming to you for advice.

You are creating through your choices, even now. Choose wisely.

National pride is the culmination of a lifetime public relations campaign of psychological mind-control techniques.

Criticism is no threat to your self-esteem or identity, but rather informs you.

Governments are the deadliest terrorist organizations that have ever existed if body count means anything.

As long as you are waiting for something to make you happy — happiness will never come.

Every journey begins with the first step of articulating the intention, and then becoming the intention.

Change represents the real spirit of democracy and the real America.

The gift of life is present at every moment — even moments that seem insignificant or unpleasant.

The foundation of joyful independence is being content with yourself; self-love.

Without inner-peace and contentment, success will ultimately destroy you.

We do not actually know other people; we only know our judgements.

When we become acquainted with any person on a human level, even a great enemy, we begin to see that no person is really so different from ourselves.

The great thing about life-the most magnificent thing about being these sentient human beings-is that we have been given the power of choice.

The earthquake of discomfort you feel moving inside of you when someone insults you is your own insecurity.

Love is a practice of self-mastery.

Forgiveness, no matter your motive, is a dynamic of mutual healing.

Anything you want is just beyond your fear.

There is no happiness outside of ourselves.

You have to learn how to take care of yourself. Who you need, is you. It was always about and for you.

Almost all sadness comes from thinking about the past, and all worry from thinking about the future — present-mindedness is your only safe haven.

So stretch! Reach for it. Like falling down stairs, where your inner-genius takes over and saves you — your instincts are ready to serve you.

Only your surface feels empty and longing; in your depths there is a firm weight of fullness.

Love can see the limitless beauty within self and within others.

Your life is meant to be filled with beauty.

When one learns to focus energy through surrender and sensitivity, they become free, and can access the expansiveness of endless possibility.

Change comes from confrontation. You have to be confronted or confront yourself.

Life is calling you. The other life. The analogue life. The real. Nature is calling you. And people too. Wondrous royal souls are waiting to meet, appreciate and experience you.

Avoiding pain causes endless suffering for you and others. Avoiding pain is really selfishness.

Your body will heal itself, through gentle and peaceful cooperation with the inherent wisdom and intelligence within.

When we choose to engage reality as the best each moment can be, we are shaping more positive experiences for others.