Humans - whatever billions we are - we don't have the control. We are considered expendable, basically.

Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.

Activism pays the rent on being alive and being here on the planet.

I'm not [a Buddhist]. The whole point of anything that is really, truly valuable to your soul, and your own growth, is not to attach to a teacher, but rather to find out what the real deal is in the world itself. You become your own guide. The teachings can help you, but really, we're all here with the opportunity the reality of hereness. We all have that. I trust that...I'm just not interested in labels. I find all of them constrictive. They're hard to wear. And they're hard to wear because we're always - hopefully - growing.

Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof.

At one point I learned transcendental meditation. This was 30-something years ago. It took me back to the way that I naturally was as a child growing up way in the country, rarely seeing people. I was in that state of oneness with creation and it was as if I didn't exist except as a part of everything.

We must, I believe, start teaching our children the sanity of nonviolence much earlier.