Every soul is to be cherished, every flower is to bloom.

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

I don't focus on criticism. I prefer to praise people and the world, rather than criticize them and it.

Any God I ever found in church, I brought in myself.

Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.

It's an awful feeling to write something that you feel is really important... and to feel that you're being published by people who really don't get it and/or don't really care.

During my years of being close to people engaged in changing the world I have seen fear turn into courage. Sorrow into joy. Funerals into celebration. Because whatever the consequences, people, standing side by side, have expressed who they really are, and that ultimately they believe in the love of the world and each other enough to be that.